Josef Mucha (; born 10 July 1967) is a

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former professional

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player. As a

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, he played in the

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, making over 250 appearances over the course of 11 seasons, playing over 200 league matches for

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as well as playing for

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. Mucha subsequently embarked on becoming a trainer / coach and managed or become assistant at a couple of teams. He debuted as manager by 1. HFK Olomouc during the

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season, where he was replaced by

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after 18 matches of the season. Mucha is currently the assistant manager of

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. He is the father of professional tennis player

Karolína Muchová Karolína Muchová (; born 21 August 1996) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 8, achieved on 11 September 2023. Muchová has won one WTA Tour title at the 2019 Korea Open – S ...

Career

Mucha started his career with RH Znojmo.

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* 1967 births Living people Czechoslovak men's footballers Czech men's footballers Czech First League players FC Zlín players SK Sigma Olomouc players Czech football managers 1. HFK Olomouc managers Men's association football midfielders MFK Karviná managers Footballers from Prostějov {{CzechRepublic-footy-midfielder-stub