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{{Short description|Czech footballer (born 1969)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name              = Petr Kouba
| image             = Petr Kouba.jpg
| caption           = Kouba in 1996
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1969|1|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place       = [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]]
| height            = 1.85 m
| position          = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| youthyears1 = 1982–1983 | youthclubs1 = [[Bohemians 1905|FC Bohemians Praha]]
| youthyears2 = 1983–1985 | youthclubs2 = [[Slavoj Vyšehrad]]
| youthyears3 = 1985–1988 | youthclubs3 = [[Bohemians 1905|FC Bohemians Praha]]
| years1 = 1988–1990 | clubs1 = [[Bohemians 1905|FC Bohemians Praha]]| caps1 = 54  | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1991–1996 | clubs2 = [[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]]| caps2 = 152 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 1996–1997 | clubs3 = [[Deportivo La Coruña]]           | caps3 = 4   | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1997–1998 | clubs4 = [[1. FC Kaiserslautern]]          | caps4 = 0   | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1998–1999 | clubs5 = [[Viktoria Žižkov]]               | caps5 = 23  | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1999–2001 | clubs6 = [[Deportivo La Coruña]]           | caps6 = 2   | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2001–2002 | clubs7 = [[FK Jablonec]]                   | caps7 = 19  | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2002–2005 | clubs8 = Sparta Prague                     | caps8 = 3   | goals8 = 0
| totalcaps = 257 | totalgoals = 1
| nationalyears1 = 1991–1993 | nationalteam1 = [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]] | nationalcaps1 = 14 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1994–1998 | nationalteam2 = [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]] | nationalcaps2 = 26 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|CZE}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UEFA European Championship]]}}
{{medal|Runner-up|[[UEFA Euro 1996|1996 England]]|}} 
{{medalTeam|AC Sparta Prague}}
{{medalW|Gambrinus liga|1993–94}}
{{medalW|Gambrinus liga|1994–95}}
}}
'''Petr Kouba''' (born 28 January 1969) is a Czech former professional [[Association football|football]] [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] as well as assistant coach for the Czech under-20 and under-21 national teams. He played for [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]] and later the [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]], played a total of 40 matches between 1991 and 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Jiří|last=Slavík|title=Petr Kouba {{!}} International Appearances|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/kouba-intl.html|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=30 November 2003}}</ref>

==Biography==
The son of fellow goalkeeper [[Pavel Kouba]], Kouba became interested in football after his father took him to a proper club when he was 12 years old.<ref name="idnes">{{Cite news|first=Jan|last=Švéd|title=Sladký příběh s hořkým koncem Petra Kouby, brankářské hvězdy 90. let|url=https://www.idnes.cz/fotbal/prvni-liga/petr-kouba-anketa-nejlepsi-brankar-20-let-gambrinus-ligy.A130415_145417_fot_dsouteze_sv|newspaper=[[Mladá fronta Dnes]]|publisher=[[Mafra (company)|Mafra]]|date=17 April 2013|access-date=5 March 2025|language=cs}}</ref> Kouba also played rugby until the age of 15.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Luděk|last=Madl|title=Ve Španělsku Kouba slavil titul, byť jako náhradník. V neděli bude hostem přenosu Televize Seznam|url=https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/ve-spanelsku-kouba-slavil-titul-byt-jako-nahradnik-v-nedeli-bude-hostem-prenosu-televize-seznam-65390|website=Seznam Zprávy|date=1 February 2019|access-date=5 March 2025|language=cs}}</ref> He began his playing career with [[Bohemians 1905|Bohemians]] and [[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Počty startů hráčů v I. Československé lize: K|url=http://web.telecom.cz/kopeckyf/CZ_SK/LIGAHRKK.htm|url-status=dead|website=JFK-Fotbal|access-date=19 January 2010|language=cs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413210418/http://web.telecom.cz/kopeckyf/CZ_SK/LIGAHRKK.htm|archive-date=13 April 2009}}</ref> scoring a goal from a penalty kick for the latter club in a [[Gambrinus liga|national league]] match against [[SK České Budějovice]] in the [[1994–95 Gambrinus liga|1994–95 season]].<ref>{{Cite news|first=Michal|last=Hořejší|title=Útočníci závidí. Brankář dal sto gólů|url=http://sportreport.lidovky.cz/video-utocnici-zavidi-brankar-dal-100-golu-fd6-/ln-fotbal-zahranici.asp?c=A110329_113742_ln-fotbal-zahranici_ant|newspaper=[[Lidové noviny]]|publisher=[[Mafra (company)|Mafra]]|date=29 March 2011|access-date=18 March 2012|language=cs}}</ref>

Kouba participated in [[UEFA Euro 1996]], where the Czech Republic was runner-up.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Václav|last=Rokyta|title=Vícemistr Evropy z roku 1996 a brankář, který za Spartu vychytal Barcelonu. Petr Kouba slaví 50. narozeniny|url=https://www.irozhlas.cz/sport/fotbal/petr-kouba-brankar-50-narozeniny-vicemistr-evropy-deportivo-de-la-coruna-fc_1901282312_and|website=[[Czech Radio]]|date=28 January 2019|access-date=5 March 2025|language=cs}}</ref> On 27 March 2004, he retired from football after Sparta Prague lost 0–2 against [[1. FC Slovácko]], resulting in the dismissal of coach [[Jiří Kotrba]].<ref name="idnes"/> Upon ending his playing career, Kouba became a goalkeeper coach for the Czech Republic national football team in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|first1=Jakub|last1=Štěpánek|first2=Lucie|last2=Černá|title=Petr Kouba: Stříbrný hoch a sparťanská legenda|url=https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/podcasty-dobojovano-2-stribrny-hoch-a-spartanska-legenda-40384734|website=[[Novinky.cz]]|publisher=Borgis|date=23 January 2022|access-date=5 March 2025|language=cs}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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{{Czech Footballer of the Year}}
{{Czech Republic Squad 1996 UEFA Euro}}

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[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Czech men's footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Prague]]
[[Category:Czech Republic men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Czechoslovak men's footballers]]
[[Category:Czechoslovakia men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Dual internationalists (men's football)]]
[[Category:Men's association football goalkeepers]]
[[Category:Czech First League players]]
[[Category:La Liga players]]
[[Category:Deportivo de La Coruña players]]
[[Category:UEFA Euro 1996 players]]
[[Category:Bohemians 1905 players]]
[[Category:AC Sparta Prague players]]
[[Category:FK Viktoria Žižkov players]]
[[Category:FK Jablonec players]]
[[Category:1. FC Kaiserslautern players]]
[[Category:Czech expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Spain]]
[[Category:Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany]]
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