Oldrich Svab

Oldrich Swab

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1944-11-02)2 November 1944
Place of birth	Roudnice nad Labem, Czechoslovakia
Date of death
Place of death	Aadorf, Switzerland
Managerial career
Years	Team
1993	Bangladesh

'Oldřich Šváb German: Oldrich Swab (1944–2020) was a Czech-Swiss football coach who managed the Bangladesh national football team in 1993.

Bangladesh

Asked to work with the Bangladesh national team in 1993 by Juan Antonio Samaranch, then president of the International Olympic Committee, Swab took the Bengal Tigers to the 1993 South Asian Games, not making it past the group stage and finishing sixth in the six-team cup. Following the tournament, a story published in a local newspaper stated that while Swab was in Farmgate, a man came to him, glimpsed the gold chain in his shirt, and exclaimed "This is your gold, where is our gold?" It is unknown whether the news piece was true or an erroneous report.

During his stint as Bangladesh coach, the Swiss manager was known for giving his players honey and dropping players in good form for unknown purposes.