Jozef Chovanec (born 7 March 1960) is a Czech former professional football player and manager.
As a player, Chovanec spent almost his whole career at Sparta Prague. In 1988, he moved to the Netherlands, to play briefly for PSV Eindhoven. He played for Czechoslovakia and was a participant in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
Chovanec coached the Czech Republic from 1998 to 2001. He managed to qualify his team to Euro 2000 but then failed to do so for the World Cup 2002, being eliminated by Belgium in the play-off matches two times by 1–0.
On 8 October 2008, Chovanec returned to Sparta Prague for his fourth spell as manager and parted from the club in December 2011.
On 19 June 2012, Chovanec was appointed head coach of UAE Pro-League side Baniyas SC.
1978-1979 |
1981-1989 |
1984-1992 |
1989-1992 |
1992-1995 |
1996-1998 Manager |
1998-2001 Manager |
2002-2003 Manager |
2004-2004 Manager |
2005-2005 Manager |
2008-2008 Caretaker Manager |
2008-2011 Manager |
2012-2013 Manager |
2014-2014 Manager |
2014-2015 Manager |