Jan Stejskal (born 15 January 1962) is a former Czech

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and goalkeeper coach. In a 17-year playing career as a

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, he set a

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record for clean sheets in a season, and spent four years in England at

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. Stejskal played for

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and later the

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, for both he played a total of 31 matches, participating in the

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. He also has served of mayor of Jevany since 2023.

Playing career

Stejskal played in the

for

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in the 1982–83 season, before moving to

Sparta Prague Athletic Club Sparta Praha (), commonly known as Sparta Prague and Sparta Praha, is a professional football club based in Prague. It is the most successful club in the Czech Republic and one of the most successful in central Europe, winning t ...

, where he equalled the league record of 19 clean sheets in the 1986–87 season. During his time with Sparta the club won the Czechoslovak League title back to back in 1983–84 and 1984–85, before securing three in a row (1986–87, 1987–88 and 1988–89). In the same period he was part of the winning team for the

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(in 1983–84, 1987–88 and 1988–89). Stejskal later moved to England, where he had a successful spell at

from 1990 to 1994. He was one of only 13 foreign players to play on the opening weekend of the

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along with Peter Schmeichel,

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, Roland Nilsson,

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, Hans Segers, John Faxe Jensen, Anders Limpar, Gunnar Halle,

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, Michel Vonk and Ronnie Rosenthal. After returning to the Czech Republic, Stejskal played for

Slavia Prague Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional football club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are the second most successful club in t ...

, where he won the

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in the 1995–96 season, as well as the

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in 1996–97, and

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, where he played four games before sustaining an ankle injury. He retired in 1999 at the age of 37. At international level, Stejskal made 31 appearances for his country and played at the

. Following the

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, he played twice for the newly-formed

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in 1994.

Coaching career

Stejskal worked as a goalkeeping coach for the Czech Republic national football team until his departure in 2009. He was also appointed to the same position in

in 2011, but left later that December and replaced by former national team goalkeeper

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. Stejskal became goalkeeping coach for the Czech Republic again, this time at

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. He joined

FK Jablonec FK Jablonec () is a Czech Republic, Czech professional association football, football club based in Jablonec nad Nisou. The club has played in the top league of Czech football, Czech First League, since 1994. History Jablonec played its first se ...

as a goalkeeping coach later that same year.

Personal life

Stejskal has two granddaughters. He is also a qualified mechanic, a trade learned whilst serving on national duty for the former Czechoslovakia.

Honours

Sparta Prague *

: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 *

: 1983–84, 1987–88, 1988–89 Slavia Prague *

: 1995–96 *

: 1996–97

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stejskal, Jan 1962 births Living people Footballers from Brno Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's international footballers Czechoslovak men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Czechoslovak First League players Premier League players Czech First League players FK Hvězda Cheb players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players 1990 FIFA World Cup players Czechoslovakia men's international footballers Dual internationalists (men's football) AC Sparta Prague players FK Viktoria Žižkov players SK Slavia Prague players Expatriate men's footballers in England Czech expatriate men's footballers Czechoslovak expatriate men's footballers Czech expatriate sportspeople in England Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in England