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Jan Jenny-Starý (1884–1959) was a Czech footballer.

Jan Jenny-Starý

Personal information
Full name	Jan Jenny-Starý
Date of birth	(1884-02-07)7 February 1884
Place of birth	Czech Republic
Date of death	19 August 1959(1959-08-19) (aged 75)
Place of death	Czech Republic
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1901–1912	Slavia Prague	270	(339[1])
National team
1906–1908	Bohemia	3	(2[2])
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

At the age of 11, Jan played youth football for a team in Žitná. Jan later founded a youth football team from Vinohrady Grammar School in Kanálka.[3]

Club career

Jan played his first game in the red and white colours of Slavia Prague, in 1901, in a 8-0 victory over the French side RC Paris.[4] In that same season, Jan was moved down to their reserve team. Eventually, he was moved back up to the first team, to play regular football.[3] In 1906, Jan played in an 11-0 victory against Terézvárosi TC and scored 4 goals.[5] By 1907 Jan had scored 200 goals.[6]

Style of play

Jan was a great technician. Jake Madden once said that, “He could balance the whole forward line with his insight, sophistication, technical and tactical art.”[3]

Honours

Charity Cup: 1910,1911,1912

Silver Cup: 1911

European Amateur Championship: 1911

References

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