Karel Kolský

Karel Kolský (21 September 1914 in Kročehlavy – 17 February 1984) was a Czech football player and later a football manager. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 13 matches.

Karel Kolský

Personal information
Date of birth	(1914-09-21)21 September 1914
Place of birth	Kročehlavy, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	2 February 1984(1984-02-02) (aged 69)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	SK Kročehlavy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1935–1937	SK Kladno
1937–1948	Sparta Prague
1948–1951	Sparta Úpice
National team
1937–1948	Czechoslovakia	15	(0)
Teams managed
1951–1958	Dukla Prague
1956	Czechoslovakia
1958	Czechoslovakia
1959–1963	Sparta Prague
1963–1964	Wisła Kraków
1965–1967	Zbrojovka Brno
1967–1969	LIAZ Jablonec
1969–1970	Škoda Plzeň
1970–1971	Sparta Prague
	SONP Kladno
1976–1978	RH Cheb
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He was a participant in the 1938 FIFA World Cup, and he coached Czechoslovakia at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

After World War II, he worked as a football manager. He coached clubs such as Sparta Prague, SK Kladno, Dukla Prague, Viktoria Plzeň, Zbrojovka Brno and Polish Wisła Kraków.

He won twice the Czechoslovak First League with Dukla Prague, in 1956 and 1958.