<p>Mumbai: Mumbai City on Saturday named Czech Republic's Petr Kratky as the new head coach of the club ahead of the upcoming season of the Indian Super League.</p>.<p>Kratky continues his journey within the City Football Group as he arrives from sister club Melbourne City. The 42-year-old joins Mumbai City in his new role until the end of the 2024-25 season.</p>.<p>Kratky enjoyed a 15-year playing career as a right back and represented some of the biggest Czech clubs, including Mlada Boleslav and Slovan Liberec before finishing his career with Heidelberg United in Australia.</p>.<p>He then joined A-League side Melbourne City as an academy coach, taking charge of the club's developmental squad in the NPL2, before coaching them in the NPL Seniors.</p>.<p>Following Des Buckingham's move from Melbourne to Mumbai in October 2021, Kratky was promoted to the role of assistant coach of Melbourne City's first team. As assistant, the Czech-Australian coach served under Patrick Kisnorbo, Rado Vidosic and most recently, under Aurelio Vidmar.</p>.<p>During his seven-year stint at Melbourne City, Kratky coached and nurtured several young players from his developmental squad, creating a pathway for them into senior football.</p>.<p>As an assistant coach, Kratky was instrumental in guiding Melbourne City to consecutive A-League Men's Premiers titles in 2021-22 and 2022-23.</p>.<p>"I am excited to embark on this new opportunity at Mumbai City FC and to continue working as part of the City Football Group. One thing that I value most within CFG is that we are aligned by the same vision and philosophy which is centred around playing the City way," Kratky said in a release.</p>.<p>"Our philosophy has the overarching goal to succeed, and I'm very excited to get started in Mumbai as I know the club has set strong foundations for long-term success. I hope to build on everything Mumbai City has achieved in recent years and to uphold our proud legacy of winning whilst playing attractive football." </p><p>Kratky will take charge in his first game for the Islanders against FC Goa in the ISL on December 12.</p>
<p>Mumbai: Mumbai City on Saturday named Czech Republic's Petr Kratky as the new head coach of the club ahead of the upcoming season of the Indian Super League.</p>.<p>Kratky continues his journey within the City Football Group as he arrives from sister club Melbourne City. The 42-year-old joins Mumbai City in his new role until the end of the 2024-25 season.</p>.<p>Kratky enjoyed a 15-year playing career as a right back and represented some of the biggest Czech clubs, including Mlada Boleslav and Slovan Liberec before finishing his career with Heidelberg United in Australia.</p>.<p>He then joined A-League side Melbourne City as an academy coach, taking charge of the club's developmental squad in the NPL2, before coaching them in the NPL Seniors.</p>.<p>Following Des Buckingham's move from Melbourne to Mumbai in October 2021, Kratky was promoted to the role of assistant coach of Melbourne City's first team. As assistant, the Czech-Australian coach served under Patrick Kisnorbo, Rado Vidosic and most recently, under Aurelio Vidmar.</p>.<p>During his seven-year stint at Melbourne City, Kratky coached and nurtured several young players from his developmental squad, creating a pathway for them into senior football.</p>.<p>As an assistant coach, Kratky was instrumental in guiding Melbourne City to consecutive A-League Men's Premiers titles in 2021-22 and 2022-23.</p>.<p>"I am excited to embark on this new opportunity at Mumbai City FC and to continue working as part of the City Football Group. One thing that I value most within CFG is that we are aligned by the same vision and philosophy which is centred around playing the City way," Kratky said in a release.</p>.<p>"Our philosophy has the overarching goal to succeed, and I'm very excited to get started in Mumbai as I know the club has set strong foundations for long-term success. I hope to build on everything Mumbai City has achieved in recent years and to uphold our proud legacy of winning whilst playing attractive football." </p><p>Kratky will take charge in his first game for the Islanders against FC Goa in the ISL on December 12.</p>