Dušan Uhrin Jr.
Dušan Uhrin Jr. (born 11 October 1967) is a Czech football manager. He is the son of Dušan Uhrin senior who is also a football manager. Playing careerDušan Uhrin Jr. played in his youth at Meteor Prague and Bohemians Prague. He started his senior career at Meteor in 1984, before moving to Montáže Prag and subsequently FC Jílové. While at the latter, Uhrin suffered a severe injury and decided to concentrate on a coaching career. Between 1990 and 1991 he stepped up into the role of player/manager at RH Strašnice, but afterwards only kept on playing on occasion for FC Jílové until 1998, when he retired altogether from his playing career. Managing careerAlthough Uhrin first managed RH Strašnice in 1990, his first real major team in 2000, when he co-coached Slavia Prague.[citation needed] Politehnica Timișoara and returnIn the first year at Timișoara, Uhrin achieved qualification to the UEFA Cup, thereby marking the first European presence of a Timișoara team since 1992.[citation needed] On 13 December 2010, Dušan was announced the new Politehnica Timişoara's Head Coach signed for one year with option to renewal for two years. After his come back he spoke for official site : "I hope the stadium will be full again! But, above all, I promise to our fans that we play good attacking football. We hope to bring out the best place possible. I want to have the same relationship with the fans from the last time, because Poli's supporters were wonderful. I'm glad that we have again the colors that he had a team since I started coaching in 2007. These are Poli's true colors!".[1] Uhrin made an impressive re-debut by winning all of the first four matches. But after that series of victories Poli unluckily gained only one victory in the following six games. Although Poli finished second at the end of the 2010–11 Liga I season and was supposed to play in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, it was relegated to the Liga II because of accumulated debt and Dušan Uhrin left Poli on 27 July 2011.[2] Dinamo TbilisiIn June 2012, he signed a contract with Dinamo Tbilisi for two years.[3] During his first year, Dinamo managed to win Georgian Championship for the first time after 2008.[4] He resigned on 6 December 2013,[5] and will return to the Czech Republic to manage FC Viktoria Plzeň in 2014.[6] Zlaté MoravceOn 26 February 2024, Uhrin was appointed as manager of Slovak club Zlaté Moravce.[7] StatisticsAs a manager
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