Martin Frýdek (born 9 March 1969 in

Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; german: Königgrätz) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected by law as a ...

) is a Czech football manager and former player, whose position was midfielder. He was lastly the manager of Czech 2. Liga side

Vlašim Vlašim (; german: Wlaschim) is a town in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. Vlašim is known for its castle and English style park. Administrative parts Villages of Bolina, ...

. He played for

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and later the

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, he played a total of 37 matches and scored four goals internationally. He started his career FC Hradec Králové before moving to

AC Sparta Prague ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...

. This was followed by an unsuccessful two-year stint in Germany at

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, ...

and

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was on ...

after which he returned to the Czech 1. Liga, joining

FK Teplice FK Teplice is a Czech football club based in the city of Teplice. The club currently plays in the Czech First League. The club was founded after World War II in 1945. The club advanced to the Czechoslovak First League in just three years after ...

. He was forced to leave Teplice in 2003 and joined

SC Xaverov SC Xaverov Horní Počernice is a football club based in Prague-Horní Počernice, Czech Republic. Formed in 1920 by a merger of Slavoj Horní Počernice and Slovan Horní Počernice as TJ Xaverov Horní Počernice, they played in the Czech 2. Li ...

. He was a participant in the

1996 UEFA European Championship The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 96, was the 10th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by European nations and organised by UEFA. It took place in England from 8 to 30 ...

, where the Czech Republic won the silver medal. He also represented his country at the

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup The 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup was the first Confederations Cup to be organised by FIFA. The tournament had previously been played in 1992 and 1995 as the King Fahd Cup. This edition of the tournament was hosted by Saudi Arabia, as with the previ ...

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, playing one match. He joined Vlašim as manager in the summer of 2012. He left his post at Vlašim in April 2013, with the club five points above the relegation zone; he was replaced by former team-mate Michal Horňák.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Frydek, Martin Living people 1969 births Sportspeople from Hradec Králové Association football midfielders Czech footballers Czech Republic international footballers Czechoslovak footballers Czechoslovakia international footballers Dual internationalists (football) UEFA Euro 1996 players 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup players AC Sparta Prague players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players MSV Duisburg players FK Teplice players Czech First League players Bundesliga players Czech football managers FC Sellier & Bellot Vlašim managers Czech expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany Czech National Football League managers