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Line 1: {{~~short~~Short description\|Czech-Swiss former football coach (~~born 1944~~1944–2020)}} {{Infobox football biography \| name = Oldrich Swab \| image = Svab Oldrich Profile Foto.jpg \| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1944\|11\|02\|df=yes}} \| birth_place = [[Roudnice nad Labem]], [[Czechoslovakia]] \| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2020\|12\|23\|1944\|11\|02\|df=yes}} \| death_place = [[Aadorf]], Switzerland \| manageryears1 = 1993 Line 11: }} '''~~Oldrich~~Oldřich ~~Swab~~Šváb''' {{lang-de\|Oldrich Swab'}} (1944–2020)<ref>{{cite web \|title=Oldrich Svab ist gestorben \|trans-title=Oldrich Svab died \|url=https://www.fcb.ch/aktuell/news/alle-news/2021/01/oldrich-svab-ist-gestorben \|date=20 January 2021 \|website=FC Basel \|language=de}}</ref> was a [[Czechoslovakia\|Czech]]-[[Switzerland\|Swiss]] football coach who managed the [[Bangladesh national football team]] in 1993. == Bangladesh == Asked to work with the [[Bangladesh national football team\|Bangladesh national team]] in 1993 by [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]], then president of the International Olympic Committee, Swab took the ''Bengal Tigers'' to the [[Football at the 1993 South Asian ~~Association of Regional Co-operation Gold Cup~~Games\|1993 ~~SAFF~~South Asian ~~Championship~~Games]], not making it past the group stage and finishing sixth in the six-team cup.<ref name="age">{{Cite news \|url=http://archive.newagebd.net/157265/of-promise-and-despair-bangladeshs-foreign-coaches/ \|title=Of promise and despair: Bangladesh’s foreign coaches \|work=New Age \|date=13 September 2015}}</ref> 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?"<ref name="news">{{cite news \|url=http://www.banglanews24.com/sports/article/24698/Where-is-Our-Gold-or-Howzat \|title=Where is Our Gold or Howzat? \|work=banglanews24.com \|date=15 July 2014}}</ref> It is unknown whether the news piece was true or an erroneous report.<ref name="news"/> 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.<ref name="age"/> Line 22: {{Reflist}} {{Grasshopper Club Zürich managers}} {{FC Basel managers}} {{Bangladesh national football team managers}} {{DEFAULTSORT:~~Swab~~Svab, Oldrich}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Swiss expatriate football managers]] [[Category:Expatriate football managers in Bangladesh]] [[Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Bangladesh]] [[Category:Bangladesh national football team managers]] [[Category:Swiss football managers]] Line 36 ⟶ 40: [[Category:Expatriate football managers in the Bahamas]] [[Category:People from Roudnice nad Labem]] [[Category:Czech men's footballers]] [[Category:FK Teplice players]] [[Category:FC Aarau players]] [[Category:Czechoslovak emigrants to Switzerland]] [[Category:FC Basel managers]] [[Category:Grasshopper Club Zurich managers]] [[Category:Sportspeople from the Ústí nad Labem Region]]