Josef Čapek (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 August 1902 | ||
| Place of birth | Prague, Austro-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 5 May 1983 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Prague, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1914–1915 | Viktoria Žižkov | ||
| 1915–1919 | Slavia Prague | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1919 | Slavia Prague | 19 | (5) |
| 1920 | Vojvodina | 16 | (3) |
| 1921–1927 | Slavia Prague | 129 | (11) |
| 1928–1931 | Kladno | 54 | (12) |
| International career | |||
| 1923–1926 | Czechoslovakia | 7 | (8) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1941–1946 | Polaban Nymburk | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Josef Čapek (1 August 1902 – 5 May 1983[1]) was a Czech footballer who played for SK Slavia Prague, SK Kladno and the Czechoslovak national team.[2]
Career
[edit]Born in Prague[3] in 1902, he begin playing with Viktoria Žižkov in 1914[4] but in 1915 he joined the youth team of Slavia Prague.[5] In 1920 Čapek had a short spell in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia playing with FK Vojvodina,[6] a club with traditional connection with Slavia Prague. He returned to Slavia and stayed until 1928, winning the first edition of the Czechoslovak First League with them in 1925.[7]
In 1927 he moved to another Czechoslovak First League club, SK Kladno, where he played until 1931.
He later coached Polaban Nymburk between 1941 and 1946.[4]
National team
[edit]He represented the Czechoslovakia national team on seven occasions, scoring eight goals. His debut was on 1 July 1923, in a friendly match against Romania (a 6–0 win, with Čapek scoring twice) and his farewell match was on 28 October 1926 in a friendly match against Italy (a 3–1 win, with Čapek again scoring twice).[8] He was member of the Czechoslovakia squad at the 1924 Olympics having played as number 10 in the first match against Turkey in a 5–2 win with him scoring the fifth goal,[9] and in the second match against Switzerland, that ended with a 1–1 draw.[10] Two days later a second match was played against Switzerland with Čapek being an unused substitute and ending with Czechoslovakia losing 0–1.
Honours
[edit]- Slavia Prague
References
[edit]- ^ Josef Čapek at Worldfootball.
- ^ "Josef Čapek". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ Playerhistory.com
- ^ a b Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 32. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
- ^ 1919 season Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine at Slavia Prague official website.
- ^ 1920 season at FKVojvodina.com.
- ^ a b 1925 season Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine at Slavia Prague official website.
- ^ Josef Čapek Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine at Czech Football Association official website.
- ^ Match report 1924: Czechoslovakia vs Turkey at FIFA.com.
- ^ Match report 1924: Czechoslovakia vs Switzerland at FIFA.com.
External links
[edit]- Josef Čapek at National-Football-Teams.com
- Josef Čapek at EU-Football.info
- Josef Čapek at Olympedia
- Josef Čapek at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)
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- 1902 births
- 1983 deaths
- Footballers from Prague
- People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
- Czech men's footballers
- Czechoslovak men's footballers
- Czech football managers
- Czechoslovak football managers
- Czechoslovakia men's international footballers
- Czechoslovak First League players
- Men's association football forwards
- SK Slavia Prague players
- SK Kladno players
- FK Vojvodina players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Yugoslavia
- Olympic footballers for Czechoslovakia
- Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Yugoslavia
- Czechoslovak expatriate men's footballers