Petr Jiráček

Petr Jiracek is the unglamorous engine every successful team secretly needs. A box-to-box midfielder from the small Czech town of Tuchorice, he made his living on relentless running and intelligent positioning rather than star power, and I find that kind of selfless labor easy to admire. At 180 cm he is unremarkable physically, so his value lived in stamina and football brain. His move into coaching after retirement tells me he understands the game cerebrally, not just instinctively, and now passes that reading on to the next generation. I quietly root for these dependable Central European workhorses; the thankless jobs are the noble ones.

Name (English)

Petr Jiráček

Name (Japanese)

ペトル・イラーチェク

Reading

ぺとる・いらーちぇく

Born

March 2, 1986 (age 40)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Tiger

Origin

Tuchořice, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic

Height

180 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9A%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%82%AF

Tags

• Ústí nad Labem Region
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

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