Stanislav Griga

Stanislav Griga
Personal information
Date of birth	4 November 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Žilina, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1971–1980	Žilina
Senior career*
Years	Team
1980–1981	Žilina
1981–1986	Sparta Prague
1986–1987	Dukla Prague
1987–1990	Sparta Prague
1990–1992	Feyenoord
1992–1993	Rapid Wien
Total
International career
1983–1990	Czechoslovakia
Managerial career
1995–1996	Žilina
1996–1998	Dukla Trenčín
1998–1999	Slovan Bratislava
1999–2002	Slovakia U21
2002–2003	Dubnica nad Váhom
2004–2005	Slovan Liberec
2005–2006	Sparta Prague
2007–2008	Viktoria Žižkov
2010–2012	Senica
2012–2013	Slovakia
2015–2016	Zemplín Michalovce
2018–2020	Žilina (Coach)
2020–	Senica (Coach)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stanislav Griga (born 4 November 1961) is a Slovak football manager and a former player. He played 34 matches for Czechoslovakia and scored eight goals.^[1]

Career

Griga participated at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, and had a headed goal controversially disallowed for offside in a first-round game against Italy at Stadio Olimpico.^{[citation needed]}

Griga was appointed coach of Sparta Prague in October 2005.^[2] He stayed at Sparta until August 2006, finishing with a record of 12 wins, seven draws, and eight losses in his 27 games in charge.^[3]

On 26 April 2012, Griga was named as joint coach of the Slovakia national team with Michal Hipp, who has served as interim coach since January.^[4] In June 2013, they were sacked and replaced by Ján Kozák.^[5]