Alexander Vencel (born 2 March 1967) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He works as goalkeeping coach and assistant manager of Jordan.

Career

Born in

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, Vencel debuted professionally with Slovan Bratislava in the 1988–89 season. He signed for French team RC Strasbourg Alsace in 1994, and helped them win the

1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup The 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup was the first edition of the tournament administered by the UEFA. It saw Strasbourg and Bordeaux win their semi-finals to advance to the UEFA Cup, the latter eventually finishing runners-up. It also saw English repre ...

and the

Coupe de la Ligue The Coupe de la Ligue (), known outside France as the French League Cup, was a Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in Football in France, French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. The tournament was est ...

in 1997. In the 1999–2000 season he saw limited playing time and went to Le Havre AC in

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

. He helped them win promotion in 2002, but they were relegated the following season. Vencel got 19 caps for the Slovak national team between 1994 and 1998, plus 2 caps for Czechoslovakia from 1991 to 1992. He is the son of Alexander Vencel senior, who played for the Czechoslovak national team in the

1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May t ...

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* 1967 births Living people Slovak footballers Footballers from Bratislava Czechoslovak footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Slovakia men's international footballers Czechoslovakia men's international footballers Dual men's international footballers ŠK Slovan Bratislava players FK Hvězda Cheb players RC Strasbourg Alsace players Le Havre AC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Slovak expatriate footballers Slovak expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France {{Slovakia-footy-goalkeeper-stub