Alexander Vencel (born 8 February 1944) is a Slovak former professional

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goalkeeper. He played 25 matches for Czechoslovakia. He was a participant in the

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,Alexander Vencel Statistics

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. Retrieved 3 February 2010. and in the 1976 UEFA European Championship, where Czechoslovakia won the gold medal. He played mostly for Slovan Bratislava. His son, Alexander Vencel Jr., also a goalkeeper, won a number of caps for Slovakia in the mid-1990s.

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