Pavel Hapal

• Full name: Pavel Hapal
• Date of birth: 15 April 1969
• Place of birth: Opava, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
• Nationality: Czech
• Playing position: Attacking midfielder / Winger
• Club associated in request: CD Tenerife (Spain)

Career note regarding Tenerife: Pavel Hapal played for CD Tenerife during the 1995–1996 season. He featured as an attacking midfielder/winger for the Spanish side in La Liga after spells in Czechoslovakia/Czech leagues and abroad. His time at Tenerife was part of a playing career that later transitioned into a successful managerial career, including managing the Czech Republic national team and several club sides across Europe.

Additional highlights:

• Represented Czechoslovakia at youth/under-21 levels and earned caps for the Czech Republic senior team.
• Notable clubs as a player include SFC Opava, Baník Ostrava, Bayer Leverkusen (briefly), and CD Tenerife.
• After retiring as a player, Hapal became a manager with spells at clubs such as MŠK Žilina, FK Jablonec, Sparta Prague, and Lech Poznań, and he managed the Czech Republic national team from 2018 to 2020.

Sources / verification: Information compiled from public football records and databases (club and national team appearance histories and managerial records).