Aleš Čeh (born 7 April 1968) is a Slovenian retired

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who played as a

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. He represented

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and the

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Club career

Čeh played for the youth team of Slovan, and later also for their city rivals Olimpija. In 1992, he transferred to the Austrian second division side

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. With his steady midfield-play, he helped the team back to the top flight in 1995. After winning the

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and the

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in 2000 and 2002, he left GAK in summer 2003 and signed for

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until winter 2004, when he went back to Austria, this time to

LASK Linz Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as LASK (), or Linzer ASK, is an Austrian professional football club based in Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club in that region, and plays in the Austrian Football Bundes ...

. After that he moved back to Olimpija Ljubljana. He retired from football after the 2008–09 season and worked at the club initially as a youth coach and later as assistant manager to

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. In June 2011 he took up the position of manager at Grazer AK.

International career

Čeh made his debut for

in a June 1992

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away against

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. He earned a total of 74 caps for the national team, scoring 1 goal. He was a participant at

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and the

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. His final international was during the latter tournament against

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Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Čeh goal.''

Honours

Olimpija *

Slovenian PrvaLiga The Slovenian PrvaLiga (, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten clubs, it operates on a system of prom ...

: 1991–92 GAK *

ÖFB-Cup The Austrian Cup (), known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for a record 27th time. W ...

: 2000, 2002 *

: 2000, 2002 Maribor *

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: 2003–04

References

External links

Player profile
at NZS * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ceh, Ales 1968 births Living people Footballers from Maribor Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers Slovenian men's footballers Slovenia men's international footballers UEFA Euro 2000 players 2002 FIFA World Cup players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players Grazer AK players NK Maribor players LASK players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) players Yugoslav Second League players Yugoslav First League players Slovenian PrvaLiga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Slovenian expatriate men's footballers Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Slovenian football managers Grazer AK managers NK Rudar Velenje managers Slovenian PrvaLiga managers Slovenian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Austria