Jiří Balcárek (born 29 April 1973) is a Czech football manager and former player. He played club football domestically for Olomouc and RH Cheb, as well as German side Union Berlin at club level and made two appearances for the Czech Republic under-21 national team.
Playing career At club level, Balcárek spent six seasons playing for Olomouc, as well as competing in the Czechoslovak First League for RH Cheb, before moving to Union Berlin in Germany, where he played for five more seasons. Internationally he represented the Czech Republic under-21 national team, making two appearances in 1994.
Managerial career Balcárek started his coaching career in June 2005 as assistant manager of Sigma Olomouc's B-team.Jiří Balcárek je asistentem u juniorky, sigmafotbal.cz, 28 June 2006 He then had a spell at SK Lipová as manager, before returning to Sigma Olomouc in the summer of 2006 as manager of their B-team.Letní přípravné období - SK Sigma Olomouc, trenink.com, 8 June 2006 In January 2009, Balcárek signed as manager of Sulko Zábřeh.Kouč Balcárek: V Zábřehu chci jenom srdcaře, sumpersky.denik.cz, 13 January 2009
In April 2010, Balcárek was appointed manager of second-tier side MFK Karviná.Novým trenérem se stal Jiří Balcárek, mfkkarvina.cz, 7 April 2010 He resigned in October of the same year due to poor results. In January 2011, he returned to Sulko Zábřeh.Sulko má nějaké dluhy, tak šetříme, říká staronový kouč Zábřehu Jiří Balcárek, sumpersky.denik.cz, 19 January 2011 He left the position in June 2015.Jiří Balcárek odchází. Sulko Zábřeh přijde o svou ikonu, sumpersky.denik.cz, 3 June 2015 He was then appointed manager of SK Uničov.Mohelnice jde v poháru dál. Balcárkův Uničov končí, sumpersky.denik.cz, 25 July 2015 After winning the 2016-17 Moravian-Silesian Football League, Balcárek was appointed manager of Znojmo.Chtěl bych hrát ofenzivně, měl jsem to tak nastavené i v Uničově, říká trenér Jiří Balcárek, 1scznojmo.cz, 19 June 2017 However, he was fired on 31 January 2018.Na trenérských pozicích končí Balcárek a Paul, nahradí je Kalvoda a Šuškavčević, 1scznojmo.cz, 31 January 2018
In the summer of 2018, Balcárek became manager of MFK Vítkovice.Fotbalisté Vítkovic se v nové sezóně chtějí vyhnout bojům o záchranu, patriotmagazin.cz, 20 July 2018 At the end of November 2019, he accepted a job offer from SFC Opava and became the club's new manager.Opava mění trenéra! Tým převzal Balcárek, končí i asistent Dvorník, isport.blesk.cz, 12 November 2019 He left the club in June 2020.Fotbalová Opava odvolala trenéra. Balcárkovi srazila vaz série bez vítězství, nahrazuje ho Kováč, irozhlas.cz, 11 June 2020
In 2021-2022, Balcárek worked in a different role at FC Baník Ostrava, before returning to SK Uničov in September 2022.Trenér Balcárek: Táhlo mě to zpět na střídačku. V Baníku nepokračuje, sumpersky.denik.cz, 15 September 2022
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