David Holoubek (born 8 June 1980) is a Czech

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manager.

Career

Early career

In his player career he played in the 3rd Czech league. His manager career started in

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. He moved to

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in 2004 for study sport in

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Sparta Prague

During his study he started in Sparta Prague as assistant in U15 team. As assistant of Petr Janoušek he trained Ladislav Krejčí, Jiří Skalák or Pavel Kadeřábek. In 2012, he became head coach at Sparta's U19 team. In the 2015–16 season Sparta U19 won Czech 1st junior league. In June 2016 he became assistant of Zdeněk Ščasný in Sparta's A-team (he was still coach of U19). In September 2016 head coach Ščasný was fired after losing the

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against city rivals

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with Holoubek becoming acting head coach. Due to not holding a

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, his tenure was limited to two months. In November 2016 he was formally replaced by Zdeněk Svoboda. On 21 December 2016, Sparta announced that club sport director Tomáš Požár became head coach and Holoubek first coach. After a poor run of results in March 2017, the whole coaching team was dissolved and Holoubek returned to Sparta's U17 team. In June 2017 he announced on his

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account that he became an owner of UEFA Pro Licence.

Slovan Liberec

On 22 December 2017, Holoubek signed a contract with

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. In his coaching squad are former players

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, Jiří Jarošík and goalkeeper Marek Čech.

Ružomberok

On 4 June 2018, Holoubek signed a contract with

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Czech Republic national team U18

In February 2020 Holoubek became a manager of Czech Republic U18.

Czech Republic national team

On 6 September 2020, it was announced that Holoubek would take charge of the Czech Republic national team in their match against

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on the following day, as the entire squad and coaching staff which played against

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on 4 September had to be replaced due to positive

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tests.

Mladá Boleslav

On 2 January 2024, Holoubek signed a contract with

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Dukla Prague

On 16 June 2025, Holoubek was appointed as the manager of

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Holoubek, David 1980 births Living people People from Humpolec AC Sparta Prague managers Czech football managers FC Slovan Liberec managers MFK Ružomberok managers Czech Republic national football team managers Expatriate football managers in Slovakia Czech expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Sportspeople from the Vysočina Region Charles University alumni FK Mladá Boleslav managers Czech First League managers FK Dukla Prague managers