Pavel Kuka

Pavel Kuka

Kuka in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth	(1968-07-19) 19 July 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1975–1987	Slavia Prague
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1989	Rudá Hvězda Cheb	36	(9)
1989–1993	Slavia Prague	125	(63)
1994–1998	1. FC Kaiserslautern	121	(53)
1998–1999	1. FC Nürnberg	28	(10)
1999–2000	VfB Stuttgart	20	(1)
2000–2005	Slavia Prague	110	(33)
2005	SK Marila Votice		(12)
International career
1991–1993	Czechoslovakia	24	(7)
1994–2001	Czech Republic	63	(22)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Czech Republic UEFA European Championship Runner-up 1996 England FIFA Confederations Cup 1997 Saudi Arabia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pavel Kuka (born 19 July 1968) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Born in Prague, Kuka started and finished his career at Slavia Prague,^[1] playing with the club from 1989–93 and then from 2000–05. He has also played for 1. FC Kaiserslautern (1994–98), 1. FC Nürnberg (1998–99), and VfB Stuttgart (1999–2000). For the Czech Republic national team, Kuka played 63 times, scoring 22 goals^[2] and was part of the runner-up squad at Euro 96 and also took part at Euro 2000. Kuka also played 24 times, scoring seven goals, for Czechoslovakia.

After his retirement in May 2005 he briefly worked as a manager in FK Marila Příbram (another Gambrinus league team) and then became football agent. In 2008, he was a sports executive at FK Viktoria Žižkov.

International

Czechoslovakia

Scores and results list Czechoslovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kuka goal.

List of international goals scored by Pavel Kuka

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	29 August 1990	Kuusankosken Urheilupuisto, Kouvola, Finland	Finland	1-1	1-1	Friendly	[4]
2	27 March 1991	Andrův stadion, Olomouc, Czech Republic	Poland	1-0	4-0	Friendly	[5]
3	1 May 1991	Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, Albania	Albania	2-0	2-0	UEFA Euro 1992 qualification	[6]
4	25 September 1991	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Norway	3-2	3-2	Friendly	[7]
5	23 September 1992	Všešportový areál, Košice, Slovakia	Faroe Islands	2-0	4-0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification	[8]
6				3-0
7	8 September 1993	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales	Wales	1-0	2-2	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification	[9]

Czech Republic

Scores and results list Czech Republic's

goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kuka goal.

List of international goals scored by Pavel Kuka

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	25 May 1994	Bazaly, Ostrava, Czech Republic	Lithuania	1-0	5-3	Friendly	[10]
2				4-0
3	5 June 1994	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	1-0	3-1	Friendly	[11]
4				2-1
5	29 March 1995	Bazaly, Ostrava, Czech Republic	Belarus	4-1	4-2	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification	[12]
6	26 March 1996	Městský stadion, Ostrava, Czech Republic	Turkey	2-0	3-0	Friendly	[13]
7				3-0
8	24 April 1996	Great Strahov Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic	Republic of Ireland	2-0	2-0	Friendly	[14]
9	1 June 1996	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Switzerland	1-0	2-1	Friendly	[15]
10				2-0
11	19 June 1996	Anfield, Liverpool, England	Russia	2-0	3-3	UEFA Euro 1996	[16]
12	4 September 1996	Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic	Iceland	1-1	2-1	Friendly	[17]
13				2-1
14	12 March 1997	Bazaly, Ostrava, Czech Republic	Poland	1-0	2-1	Friendly	[18]
15	20 August 1997	Na Stínadlech, Teplice, Czech Republic	Faroe Islands	1-0	2-0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	[19]
16	6 September 1997	Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	2-0	2-0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	[20]
17	10 October 1998	Koševo City Stadium, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3-1	3-1	UEFA Euro 2000 qualification	[21]
18	9 June 1999	Stadion Letná, Prague, Czech Republic	Scotland	2-2	3-2	UEFA Euro 2000 qualification	[22]
19	3 June 2000	Max-Morlock-Stadion, Nuremberg, Germany	Germany	1-1	2-3	Friendly	[23]
20	28 February 2001	Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia	North Macedonia	1-1	1-1	Friendly	[24]
21	6 June 2001	Na Stínadlech, Teplice, Czech Republic	Northern Ireland	1-0	3-1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[25]
22				2-1

Honours

1. FC Kaiserslautern

• 2. Bundesliga: 1996–97
• Bundesliga: 1997–98; runner-up: 1993–94
• DFB-Pokal: 1995–96

Czech Republic

• UEFA European Championship runner-up: 1996
• FIFA Confederations Cup Third place: 1997

References

External links

• Pavel Kuka at FAČR (also at old FAČR website) (in Czech)