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Miroslav Karas

Czech soccer player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 5, 2025
Entity authorityQ12037857 ↗
Source-derived summary

Miroslav Karas (born 29 October 1964) is a Czech football coach and a former professional football player who played as a defender. In his native Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic he represented Vítkovice. During 1993–1995, he played in Finnish Veikkausliiga with Haka, helping the club to win the Finnish championship title in 1995. He also played in Slovakia for Senica.

After his playing career, he has also coached Vítkovice.

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The public source identifies “Miroslav Karas” as czech soccer player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Miroslav, Karas and Czech.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1964, 1993, 1995—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1964-10-29. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Miroslav, Karas and Czech providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 5, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q12037857. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1964, 1993 and 1995.

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This entry incorporates text from “Miroslav Karas” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.