Josef Csaplár (born 29 October 1962) is a Czech professional

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and former

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. He was most recently the head coach of

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Playing career

Born in Ostrov nad Ohří, Csaplár began playing football at the age of 12 at Spartak Příbram. In 1979 he moved to UD Příbram, joining the first team straight away. In the 1985/86 season he played for Sklo Union Teplice, then completed his military service in

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and VTJ Karlovy Vary. Following that, he returned back to Teplice, staying there for another season, after which he moved to SK Rakovník. He finished his career at German lower-league club TSV Waldkirchen.

Managerial career

During his playing days, Csaplár already worked as a youth coach at UD Příbram. In 1996, he took over the club's B-team. In 1998, he was made head coach of the first team in the

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, but was dismissed in November after amassing only six points from his twelve games in charge. He stayed at the club as an assistant manager. In 2001, he managed Slovan Liberec together with

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, with the joint managers leading Liberec to the league title. In the 2003–04 winter break, he moved to manage

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. Third in the table at the time of his appointment, Slavia finished the season in fourth place. Csaplár was eventually sacked in April 2005, leaving the team in a disappointing fourth place again. For the 2005–06 season, Csaplár signed a two-year contract with

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, but was dismissed after only three months. His next club was

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in the Polish Ekstraklasa, where he won the

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, the club's biggest achievement to date. In 2008, Csaplár worked with Everton as a scout. In September 2008, he became the manager of Czech first division side

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, replacing

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, but in November he was sacked after just 55 days in the job, with the club at the bottom of the league table. In 2011, he was head coach of the Czech Republic U17 team, which qualified for the

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for the first time in its history. In December 2014, after six years, Csaplár returned to Czech first division scene, when he was together with Jiří Kotrba appointed as a coach of Slovan Liberec. After only three games, in which the club lost three times with a total score of 2–8, were both coaches dismissed from their positions. Outside of his coaching career Csaplár works as a television commentator and expert. He has popularized terms such as " Csaplár's trap", "festival of easy losses" or "heavy poor quality" in the Czech football community.

Honours

Managerial

Slovan Liberec *

: 2001–02 Wisła Płock *

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: 2005–06 *

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: 2006 1.FK Příbram *

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runner-up: 2017–18

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Csaplar, Josef 1962 births Living people Footballers from the Karlovy Vary Region Czech people of Hungarian descent Sportspeople from Ostrov (Karlovy Vary District) Czechoslovak men's footballers Czech men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FK Teplice players FK Příbram players Czech expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany Czechoslovak football managers Czech football managers FK Příbram managers FC Slovan Liberec managers SK Slavia Prague managers Panionios F.C. managers Wisła Płock managers FK Viktoria Žižkov managers Al-Ittihad Kalba SC managers FC Zlín managers Czech First League managers Czech National Football League managers Super League Greece managers Ekstraklasa managers Czech expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Greece Czech expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate football managers in Poland Czech expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates Czech expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Czech sports executives and administrators Association football executives Association football scouts Wisła Kraków non-playing staff Bohemian Football League managers