Jiří Balcárek

Jiří Balcárek
Personnel
birthday	April 29, 1973
place of birth	Zábřeh ,  Czechoslovakia
position	midfield
Juniors
Years	station
1984-1986	Sokol Leština
1986-1988	TJ Zábřeh
1988-1990	Sigma Olomouc
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1991	Sigma Olomouc	2 0(0)
1992-1993	Union Cheb	15 0(0)
1993-1995	Sigma Olomouc	45 0(5)
1995	LeRK Brno	? 0(3)
1995-1999	Sigma Olomouc	95 (16)
1999-2004	1. FC Union Berlin	126 0(6)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1994	Czech Republic U21	2 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2005-2006	SK Lipová
2006-2007	Sigma Olomouc B (assistant)
2007–	Sigma Olomouc B.
1 Only league games are given.

Jiří Balcárek (born April 29, 1973 in Zábřeh ) is a former Czech football player and current football coach .

Player career

Balcárek started playing football at Sokol Leština. From 1986 to 1988 he was loaned to TJ Zábřeh. The offensive player then moved to Sigma Olomouc . In early 1991 he was accepted into the professional squad and made his debut in the Czechoslovak first division that same season. In January 1992 he went to Union Cheb for a year and a half to do his military service there, and in April 1993 he returned to Olomouc . In the spring of 1995 he was loaned to the then second division LeRK Brno.

After another 95 first division games for Sigma, in which Balcárek scored 16 goals, he moved in the summer of 1999, initially on loan, to 1. FC Union Berlin in the regional league . With Union, the midfielder rose to the 2nd Bundesliga in 2001 and reached the DFB Cup final in the same year . Due to injury problems Balcárek ended his career after the 2003/04 season.

Coaching career

Balcárek's first coaching station was in the 2005/06 season of SK Lipová in the fourth Czech division. The following year he was assistant coach for Sigma Olomouc's B team. Since July 2007 he has been the head coach of the B team.

Web links

• International match statistics on fotbal.cz , Czech
• Jiří Balcárek on Sigma Olomouc's website , Czech