Jozef Weber (born 25 December 1970) is a Czech

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manager and former player. His playing position was

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Playing career

Weber started his professional career at

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before moving to

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, where he made seven appearances in his first two seasons in the

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. In the 1990–1991 season he moved to

Cheb Cheb (; ) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Ohře River. Before the Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, expulsion of Germans in 1945, the town was the centre of the G ...

, where he continued in the Czechoslovak First League until Cheb's relegation in the 1991–92 Czechoslovak First League. Cheb returned to the top flight after a one-season absence and Weber moved to league rivals Drnovice during the 1993–94 season. Weber played in 146 games for Drnovice and scored 14 goals. He is Drnovice's leading player in terms of league appearances made. Weber left Drnovice in 1999 and moved to Jablonec. In May 2005 he played his 350th top flight match in the Czech Republic, becoming only the 20th player to do so. During his eight seasons in Jablonec, Weber racked up more than 200 league appearances for the club and scored 10 goals, finally hanging up his boots at the end of the

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. In May 2007 he played his last match at the age of 36 against 1. FC Slovácko. During his playing career, Weber played in four

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finals, but was never on the winning team.

Managerial career

Weber started his non-playing career in 2007 as assistant manager in Jablonec, where he worked for more than four years. Weber was announced as the new manager of

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side

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in March 2012, replacing Pavel Medynský. Weber joined

MFK Karviná MFK Karviná is a professional football club located in Karviná, Czech Republic. It plays in the Czech First League. The team's colours are green and white. History Karviná as a multi-ethnic city of Cieszyn Silesia was a home to many football ...

in 2014. He went on to win the Czech Second League in the 2015–16 season. Although Weber guided to Karviná to safety in the

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, he was replaced in November 2017 by the club's sport director, Lubomír Vlk. On 10 May 2023, Weber was announced as the new manager of

FC Hradec Králové FC Hradec Králové is a Czech professional football club based in the city of Hradec Králové. The club, which was founded in 1905, won the Czechoslovak First League in the 1959–60 season. Since 2021, the club has played in the Czech Fir ...

, who will replace Miroslav Koubek since the end of the 2022/2023 season. On 1 January 2025, Weber was announced as the new manager of Czech Second League club

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Honours

MFK Karviná *

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: 2015-16

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* (as player)
Jozef Weber
(as manager) {{DEFAULTSORT:Weber, Jozef 1970 births Living people People from Bytča Footballers from the Žilina Region Czech men's footballers Czechoslovak men's footballers Czech First League players AC Sparta Prague players FK Hvězda Cheb players 1. FK Drnovice players FK Jablonec players Czech football managers Czech First League managers Bohemians 1905 managers MFK Karviná managers FK Mladá Boleslav managers Men's association football midfielders SK Dynamo České Budějovice managers FC Hradec Králové managers Czech National Football League managers 1. SK Prostějov managers