František Havránek (11 July 1923 – 26 March 2011) was a Czech football manager and šekHavráformer player. He had a daughter, Dagmar Havránková (Karakolevová).

As a player, Havránek played for several lower-division Czechoslovak clubs, but never gained any success with them . He was far more successful as a football coach. After finishing his active career, Havránek started to work as a football manager. He coached Spartak Hradec Králové, Slavia Prague and FC Zbrojovka Brno in Czechoslovakia. Havránek also managed Cypriot EPA Larnaca, AEL Limassol and Polish Ruch Chorzów. In 1970, he won the Cypriot First Division with EPA Larnaca. In 1985, he won the Cypriot Cup with AEL Limassol. Two years later he returned to Czechoslovakia and ended his coaching career.

František Havránek

As a coach of the Czechoslovak Olympic team at the 1980 Summer Olympics, he won the gold medal with his team. From 1978 to 1984 he was a general manager of the Czechoslovakia national football team, coaching the team from 1982 to 1984.

František Havránek

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External links

SK Slavia Praha profile

1923 births

2011 deaths

Czech men's footballers

Czechoslovak men's footballers

FK Mladá Boleslav players

Czech football managers

Czech expatriate football managers

Czechoslovak football managers

Czechoslovak expatriate football managers

SK Slavia Prague managers

FC Zbrojovka Brno managers

Ruch Chorzów managers

Czechoslovakia national football team managers

Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Poland

Expatriate football managers in Poland

Expatriate football managers in Cyprus

AEL Limassol managers

Men's association football midfielders

Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus

Footballers from Bratislava

FC Hradec Králové managers

František Havránek