Pavel Kuka

This article is about the Czech footballer. For the former modern pentathlete, see Pavel Kupka.

Pavel Kuka

Kuka in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth	(1968-07-19) 19 July 1968
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, 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 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.

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

External links

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