Vlastimil Kopecký (14 October 1912 – 30 July 1967) was a Czech football player. He played 26 games for Czechoslovakia, scoring eight goals. He was a participant in the 1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cups.
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| Date of birth | (1912-10-14)14 October 1912 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Vilémov, Austrian-Hungarian Empire | |||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 30 July 1967(1967-07-30) (aged 54) | |||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Hlinsko, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 1927–1932 | Rapid Vinohrady | |||||||||||||||
| 1932–1951 | Slavia Prague | 325 | (252) | |||||||||||||
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| 1932–1948 | Czechoslovakia | 26 | (8) | |||||||||||||
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| 1959 | Slavia Prague | |||||||||||||||
Honours
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||
In his country he played for Slavia Prague, for which he scored 252 league goals in 325 matches (1931/32-1950). He twice scored five goals in a single match for Slavia.[1] He is the second highest Czech league goalscorer in history, only Josef Bican has scored more goals in the Czech league. He died of a heart attack on the football pitch.
Czechoslovakia squad – 1934 FIFA World Cup runners-up | ||
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Czechoslovakia squad – 1938 FIFA World Cup | ||
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SK Slavia Prague – managers | |
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