Bohumil Páník, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Bohumil Páník

association football player

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1956

Place of Birth: Přílepy, Zlín Region, Czech Republic

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Bohumil Páník (born 31 December 1956) is a Czech football manager, currently in charge of FC Baník Ostrava. Páník graduated from pedagogy at Palacký University in Olomouc.
As a football player, he played for several lower tier clubs.
He began coaching in 2000 taking over FC Tescoma Zlín, at that time in Czech Second League.
Three years later he moved to Poland, where he coached Lech Poznan and Pogon Szczecin in Ekstraklasa and Miedz Legnica in Polish Third League. In winter of 2014 he was appointed again as a manager of FC Fastav Zlín, replacing Martin Pulpit.
In his first season in Zlín, he achieved a promotion to Czech First League.
In the 2016/2017 season, Páník advanced with Zlín to the final of the Czech Football Cup, where Zlín beat SFC Opava, thus qualifying for the group stage of UEFA Europa League.
For the first time in club history, FC Zlín qualified for European competitions.
In the 2017/2018 season he was sacked from Zlín after unsatisfactory league results.
He was subsequently hired by FC Baník Ostrava, replacing unsuccessful coach Radim Kucera.
Managing Baník in the last ten matches of the 2017/2018 season, he was able to avoid Baník's relegation.