Ján Kocian
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| Ján Kocian | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Ján Kocian | |
| Date of birth | March 13, 1958 | |
| Place of birth | Zlaté Moravce, Czechoslovakia | |
| Playing position | Manager (former defender) |
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| Club information | ||
| Current club | Retired | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1976-1979 1979-1988 1988-1993 |
ZŤS Martin FK Dukla Banská Bystrica FC St. Pauli |
209 (20) 147 (5) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1984-1992 | Czechoslovakia | 26 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1993-1995 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2002 2002-2004 2005 2005-2006 2006- |
Slovakia (assistant manager) FK Dukla Banská Bystrica Petra Drnovice 1. FC Košice 1. FC Köln (assistant manager) Eintracht Frankfurt (assistant manager) Rot-Weiss Essen Sportfreunde Siegen Slovakia |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Ján Kocian (born 13 March 1958 in Zlaté Moravce) is a Slovak football player and coach.
During his playing days, he made 209 appearances for FK Dukla Banská Bystrica between 1979 and 1988 before moving on to German club FC St. Pauli, where he made another 147 appearances up to 1993.
He was capped 26 times by Czechoslovakia. Playing at sweeper as the team reached the 1990 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals, Kocian was voted the country's player of the year.
Kocian began his coaching career with Czech side FK Drnovice before moving to the German clubs FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt and Sportfreunde Siegen. He has also worked as an assistant at 1. FC Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt.
He was appointed the new head coach of the Slovakia national football team on 2 November 2006, replacing Dušan Galis. Previously, he had worked as an assistant to former national coach Dr Jozef Vengloš between 1993 and 1995.
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