Martin Kotůlek (born 11 September 1969) is a Czech football manager and former player. He is the current caretaker-manager of Sigma Olomouc.

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Martin Kotůlek

Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-09-11) 11 September 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth	Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1976–1979	SK Těšetice
1980–1986	TJ Náměšť na Hané
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1989	Sigma Olomouc	19	(0)
1989–1990	Dukla Banská Bystrica	39	(0)
1990–2000	Sigma Olomouc	237	(9)
2000–2004	Stavo Artikel Brno	90	(3)
2004–2005	SFC Opava	27	(0)
2005–2008	1. HFK Olomouc	47	(1)
Total		459	(13)
International career
1991	Czechoslovakia	1	(0)
1994–1998	Czech Republic	7	(0)
Managerial career
2013	Sigma Olomouc
Medal record Men's football Representing  Czech Republic UEFA European Championship Runner-up 1996 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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At club level, Kotůlek made over 400 appearances in the top leagues of Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, playing for most of his career with home town club Sigma Olomouc. He was part of the silver medal winning squad of the Czech Republic at UEFA Euro 1996; in his career he made one appearance for Czechoslovakia and seven for the Czech Republic after its independence.

Kotůlek was born in Olomouc. He played seven matches for the Czech Republic and was a participant at the 1996 UEFA European Championship.

Kotůlek played his 400th league game in the Czech (including previously Czechoslovak) top flight in 2004 for SFC Opava, but his team lost against Zlín.^[1] His team went on to be relegated in last place in the 2004–05 Gambrinus liga and his career in the top division was over, having amassed 412 appearances and 12 goals.

During his last season as a player, Kotůlek worked as an assistant coach at 1. HFK Olomouc in the 2007–08 Czech 2. Liga.^[2] He then headed to Sigma Olomouc in 2008 as an assistant coach under newly appointed manager Zdeněk Psotka.^[3]

He served as assistant manager at Olomouc under three managers, following Psotka, also Petr Uličný and then Roman Pivarník. Following Pivarník's sacking in May 2013, Kotůlek was appointed as caretaker manager at the club until the end of the season, his first such appointment.^[4]