Ladislav Pecko

Ladislav Pecko
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-06-27) 27 June 1968
Place of birth Krásno nad Kysucou, Czechoslovakia
Position Defender
Youth career
Dolný Kubín
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–2005 Slovan Bratislava 431 (30)
1994 Petra Drnovice 3 (0)
International career
1987–1990 Czechoslovakia U21 13 (0)
1990–1992 Czechoslovakia 11 (1)
1995–2001 Slovakia 6 (0)
Managerial career
2008–2009 Slovan Bratislava
2010–2011 Tatran Prešov
2011–2013 Slovakia U16
Slovakia U17
2015 Slovan Bratislava (Assistant)
2015–2016 MFK Ružomberok
2019 MFK Ružomberok B
2020–2021 FC Petržalka
2022–2023 MFK Dolný Kubín
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ladislav Pecko (born 27 June 1968) is a former Slovak football player and manager who was last head coach of MFK Dolný Kubín. Internationally he played 11 matches for Czechoslovakia, scoring once, as well as 6 matches for Slovakia. He spent most of his career in ŠK Slovan Bratislava. His playing position was right-wing back.

Club career

Pecko played in the Czechoslovak First League for Slovan Bratislava from 1988. During his time at the club he won the league in the 1991–92 season. He also won the Slovak Cup and was a finalist of the Czechoslovak Cup in the 1988–89 season.[1] He made three league appearances for FK Drnovice in the Czech First League.[2]

International career

Pecko played for Czechoslovakia U21 from 1987 to 1990, making 13 appearances without scoring. He then played for Czechoslovakia, scoring once in 11 appearances for the senior team between 1990 and 1992.[1] Following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Pecko made six appearances for Slovakia.[3]

Coaching career

Pecko was head coach of the title-winning Slovan Bratislava side in the 2008–09 season, during which the team also won the 2009 Slovak Super Cup. He joined Tatran Prešov as head coach in August 2010, on a deal until the end of the 2010–11 season.[3] While head coach of MFK Ružomberok, Pecko received a three-week suspension from the Slovak Football Association for unsportsmanlike behaviour in November 2015.[4]

Following a period as head coach of MFK Dolný Kubín, Pecko left football coaching and began work in a Bratislava restaurant kitchen.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 148. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
  2. ↑ "Počty startů hráčů v I. lize ČR" (in Czech). JFK-Fotbal. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Tatran Prešov povedie Ladislav Pecko". pluska.sk (in Slovak). SITA. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Tréner Ružomberka Pecko dostal dištanc za urážku rozhodcu". šport.sk (in Slovak). 7 November 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  5. ↑ Mravec, Ľubomír (9 April 2024). "Našli sme legendu Slovana a reprezentácie: Obracia sa pri hrncoch v reštaurácii". pluska.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 5 August 2026.