Photo: David Sedlecký / CC BY-SA 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
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 forward 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.
Overview
Jaroslav Šilhavý (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjaroslaf ˈʃɪlhaviː]; born 3 November 1961) is a Czech professional football manager and former player. As a player, Šilhavý made a total of 464 top flight appearances spanning the end of the Czechoslovak First League and the beginning of the Czech First League, scoring 25 goals.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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 64)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Ox
- Origin
- Plzeň, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach / athlete / coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.