Vlastimil Petr?ela is a Czech football coach and former player, currently manager of FC Graffin Vla?im. He worked with Zenit Saint Petersburg from 2003 to 2006, winning the silver medals of Russian Premier League in 2003 and reaching the quarterfinal stage of the 2005?06 UEFA Cup. Before Zenit he managed Sparta Prague and Bohemians Prague. As a player, he appeared for Czechoslovakia at the 1982 FIFA World Cup as a substitute against Kuwait. Petr?ela signed a three-year contract as manager of FK Mlad� Boleslav in 2002, however before the end of the calendar year it was announced that he was heading to Russia to be the new manager of Zenit St. Petersburg. In the 2006/2007 season he coached Sigma Olomouc. Petr?ela was appointed manager of Neftchi Baku in the summer of 2007, and was sacked six-months later on 5 January 2008. In the season 2009/10 he coached FK Viktoria ?i?kov in the Czech 2. Liga and in the season 2010/11 he became the new coach of MFK Zempl�n Michalovce in the Slovak 2. liga. He joined FC Graffin Vla?im in January 2014. 

July 20th, 1953 in Prost?jov (Age 71)