Ján Rosinský (born 23 May 1952) is a former Slovak football player and a manager.

Career

Rosinský began his career in his native village of Choča, before moving to top Czechoslovak club AC Nitra. After 4 years in Nitra's first team, in 1975, he joined Internacionál Slovnaft Bratislava, also known as ČH Bratislava, who were a military club. He was forced to retire from professional football early, at the age of 26, after a knee injury. Nonetheless, Rosinský continued to play for amateur Calex Zlaté Moravce, before managing the side. From there, he moved to

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and also enjoyed a spell as one of the members technical staff of

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. He spent most of the next 10 years managing various teams in lower Slovak divisions. He notably managed ViOn Zlaté Moravce in early 2000s, winning the

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and winning the club's first

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to the top division. As the cup winners, Rosinský's ViOn defeated

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in the first qualifying round of the

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, but were subsequently knocked out by later winners of Zenit St. Petersburg. He made one managerial career stop in

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, where he coached

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-based clubs:

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and successor club

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. While his first spell was abruptly halted due to

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and club's bankruptcy (despite topping the table in

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, his second spell with the latter club ended prematurely due to dissatisfactory results in the Fortuna Liga. Rosinský is also known as a pedagogue of football managers and dedicated lot of his later career with working with young footballers.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosinsky, Jan Living people 1952 births People from Zlaté Moravce District Sportspeople from the Nitra Region Czechoslovak men's footballers Czechoslovakia men's youth international footballers Slovak men's footballers Slovak football managers Men's association football forwards FC Nitra players FK Inter Bratislava players Czechoslovak First League players FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce managers FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce - Vráble B managers FC Baník Prievidza managers FK Slovan Duslo Šaľa managers FK Slovan Levice managers FK Senica managers VB Addu FC managers FK Žiar nad Hronom managers FK Pohronie managers Slovak First Football League managers 2. Liga (Slovakia) managers 3. Liga (Slovakia) managers Expatriate football managers in the Maldives Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Maldives