Petr Kouba

Petr Kouba played goalkeeper through one of football's most turbulent geopolitical shifts, from Czechoslovakia to the Czech Republic, earning 40 caps between 1991 and 1998. I have a deep respect for the keeper's trade. It is the loneliest job on the pitch, where saves are forgotten and errors are immortalized. To hold a national team's number one shirt for years takes nerve most outfield players never need. What I find most admirable is his second act, coaching the Czech under-20 and under-21 sides. Passing on the goalkeeper's craft, that hard-won art of reading a game from the back, is a quiet form of generosity I genuinely value.

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Name (English)

Petr Kouba

Name (Japanese)

ペトル・コウバ

Reading

ぺとる・こうば

Born

January 28, 1969 (age 57)

Origin

Prague, Czech Republic

Height

186 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rooster

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr%20Kouba
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9A%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%82%A6%E3%83%90
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707822

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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