Jaroslav Šilhavý

What strikes me about Jaroslav Šilhavý is the quiet credibility of a career built on persistence rather than spectacle. 464 top-flight appearances bridging the Czechoslovak and Czech leagues isn't a stat that trends, but it's the kind of grounding that produces managers players actually trust. I find his trajectory from steady defender to national-team manager genuinely satisfying, the journey of someone who absorbed the game from the inside out. He represents a type of footballing intelligence that's easy to overlook precisely because it's so unflashy. To me, that earned, lived-in expertise is exactly what makes a coach worth following.

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Name (English)

Jaroslav Šilhavý

Name (Japanese)

ヤロスラフ・シルハヴィー

Reading

やろすらふ・しるはゔぃー

Born

November 3, 1961 (age 65)

Origin

Plzeň, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic

Occupation

association football player / association football coach / athlete / coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Ox

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaroslav%20%C5%A0ilhav%C3%BD
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q361207

Tags

• Plzeň Region
• association football player
• association football coach
• athlete

Last updated

November 3, 2026

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