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'''Luděk Mikloško''' (born 9 December 1961) is a Czech football coach and former professional ]. '''Luděk Mikloško''' (born 9 December 1961) is a Czech football coach and former professional ].


As a player, he was a ] who notably played in the ] for ], where he played over 300 games. He also played in the ] for ] and in his native country for ] and ]. He was capped 40 times by ] and was part of the team that competed at the ]. He was later capped twice by the ]. As a player, Mikloško was a ] who notably played in the ] for ], where he played over 300 games. He also played in the ] for ] and in his native country for ] and ]. He was capped 40 times by ] and was part of the team that competed at the ]. He was later capped twice by the ].


Following retirement, Mikloško returned to West Ham and worked as the club's goalkeeping coach before leaving in 2010. He has since moved back to the Czech Republic and works for a sporting investment agency. Following retirement, Mikloško returned to West Ham and worked as the club's goalkeeping coach before leaving in 2010. He has since moved back to the Czech Republic and works for a sporting investment agency.

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Luděk Mikloško
Mikloško as goalkeeping coach with West Ham United
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-12-09) 9 December 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth Prostějov, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1969–1975 Němčice nad Hanou
1975–1976 Železárny Prostějov
1976–1980 Baník Ostrava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1982 RH Cheb 23 (0)
1982–1990 Baník Ostrava 211 (0)
1990–1998 West Ham United 318 (0)
1998 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 12 (0)
1998–2001 Queens Park Rangers 45 (0)
Total 606 (0)
International career
1982–1992 Czechoslovakia 40 (0)
1996–1997 Czech Republic 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luděk Mikloško (born 9 December 1961) is a Czech football coach and former professional footballer.

As a player, Mikloško was a goalkeeper who notably played in the Premier League for West Ham United, where he played over 300 games. He also played in the Football League for Queens Park Rangers and in his native country for RH Cheb and Baník Ostrava. He was capped 40 times by Czechoslovakia and was part of the team that competed at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He was later capped twice by the Czech Republic.

Following retirement, Mikloško returned to West Ham and worked as the club's goalkeeping coach before leaving in 2010. He has since moved back to the Czech Republic and works for a sporting investment agency.

Early life

Born in Prostějov, Mikloško started with football at home in Němčice nad Hanou. At the age of 13, he was scouted to be a goalkeeper for the youth league in his hometown.

Club career

Mikloško began his career with RH Cheb before joining reigning Czech champions Baník Ostrava in 1982. He transferred to West Ham United under Lou Macari in February 1990 before Billy Bonds was appointed Macari's successor, for a fee of less than £300,000. Mikloško made his league debut the same year on 18 February in a 2–2 away draw against Swindon Town.

His fourth match was the second leg of the League Cup against Oldham Athletic. West Ham had lost the first leg 6–0, with Phil Parkes scoring a goal in Mikloško's last match for West Ham after an eleven-year association with the club. From this point until the 1997-98 season, Mikloško was the first-choice goalkeeper.

Mikloško played 56 matches for West Ham in the 1990-91, including every league match, as they were promoted as runners-up from the Second Division. The club made the semi-finals of the FA Cup, before losing to Nottingham Forest, with him playing in all of their seven cup games. He was named Hammer of the Year in 1991. and Man of the Match performance against Manchester United on the last day of the 1994–95 season the latter of where West Ham drew 1–1 with Manchester United at the Boleyn Ground to help secure Manchester United's rivals, Blackburn Rovers, their first league title in over 80 years. In his final season, Mikloško competed with Craig Forrest for the goalkeeper's position. His last game came on 6 December 1997 in a 2–0 away defeat against Derby County, scoring an own goal in the game. The following match, he was replaced in goal by Forrest.

Mikloško signed for Queens Park Rangers in 1998 for a nominal fee after a three-month loan spell. His last professional match occurred on 3 March 2001. Under new coach Ian Holloway's first game in charge, QPR lost 3–1 at home to Sheffield United.

International career

Mikloško received 40 appearances for Czechoslovakia and two for the Czech Republic. He debuted in 1–3 friendly victory against Denmark on 27 October 1982.

Personal life

After retirement, Mikloško returned to West Ham to take up a goalkeeping coaching role, but left the club in March 2010. He later returned to the Czech Republic and works for a sporting investment agency.

In December 2024, Mikloško announced his decision to withdraw from cancer treatment. In 2021 he had an operation to remove a lump on his hip but a further tumour grew in his stomach. Having had radiotherapy which helped, further tumours meant chemotherapy would be required which he declined.

Honours

Individual

References

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External links

1990–91 Football League Second Division PFA Team of the Year
1992–93 Football League First Division PFA Team of the Year
Czechoslovakia squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup
Czechoslovakia
West Ham United F.C. – Hammer of the Year
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