Jan Poštulka (born 9 March 1949) is a Czech football coach and former player. He played as a goalkeeper for Czechoslovak teams Sparta Prague and Bohemians Prague. As a head coach, he enjoyed his greatest success in Central America (Champion of Central America, Champion of Costa Rica, Guatemala Cup Winner, LG Cup Winner) where he worked in the 1990s with the L.D.Alajuelense. As a coach, he spent some years with Sparta Prague.
Player career (goalkeeper) 1971–78 Sparta Prague 1.Czechoslovakia's league 1978–80 Inter Bratislava 1.Czechoslovakia's league 1980–83 Bohemians Prague 1.Czechoslovakia's league (80–83 attendance in UEFA Europa League)
Trainer career
1983–90 Bohemians Prague 1.Czech league – Assistant of head coach
champion of Czech Republic
attendance in UEFA Europa League
1990–91 Hradec Králové 1.Czech league – Assistant of head coach
1991–93 L.D.Alajuelense 1.Costa Rican league – Head coach
champion of Costa Rica
champion of Central America and the Caribbean
finalist of CONCACAF
1996–98 Sparta Prague 1. Czech league – Assistant of head coach
2x champion of the Czech Republic
2x attendance in UEFA Champions League
1998–99 Municipal de Guatemala 1.Guatemalan league – Head coach
winner of Guatemala Cup
LG cup winner (venue Costa Rica) 2000–04 FK Teplice 1. Czech league – assistant and head coach Czech cup winner 3rd round of UEFA Cup 2005 SK Dynamo Ceské Budejovice 1.Czech league – assistant of head coach 2007 FC Banants Yerevan 1. Armenian league – Head coach Armenian Cup winner
Other
Fair Play prize of the Czech Olympic Committee for lifetime contribution.
Trivia
His son Tomáš Poštulka is a goalkeeper, playing notably for Sparta Prague.