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]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1902-08-01)1 August 1902 | ||
Place of birth | Prague, Austro-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 5 May 1983(1983-05-05) (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) |
National team | |||
1923–1926 | Czechoslovakia | 7 | (8) |
Teams managed | |||
1941–1946 | Polaban Nymburk | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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[8] between 1941 and 1946.[4]
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).[9] 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,[10] and in the second match against Switzerland, that ended with a 1–1 draw.[11] Two days later a second match was played against Switzerland with Čapek being an unused substitute and ending with Czechoslovakia losing 0–1.
Czechoslovakia football squad – 1924 Summer Olympics | ||
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