Anton Malatinský (15 January 1920 – 1 December 1992) was a Slovak

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player and

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. He was a technically adept playmaking midfielder and, as a coach, he was regarded as a good strategist. Malatinský won two

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titles as a player and a further three as manager. In his coaching capacity he also led his teams to the

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and two

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Playing career

He played in 219 league matches and scored 79 goals, most of them for

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. Today, the club's home ground bears his name. Although his time playing for Trnava did not bring any championships, he won the league twice as a player with Sokol NV Bratislava. Malatinský represented

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in 10 international matches and was included in his nation's squad at the 1954 World Cup but did not play in the tournament. He became only the second Spartak player in history to be selected for the Slovakia national team after

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in 1939, as well as the second selected for Czechoslovakia after

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one month earlier in 1948.

Coaching career

Malatinský achieved more fame as a coach than as a player. While still playing football at a high level, he began coaching youth sides. In 1948, he led

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's junior team to a national championship. A knee injury in 1956 ended his playing career, after which he devoted himself exclusively to coaching. He was in charge of Spartak Trnava on three occasions, including two spells during their

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, for a total of 14 years over two decades. With Trnava he won the

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, three league titles and two domestic cups. He also later coached their arch-rival, Slovan Bratislava, and several clubs in

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Honours

Player

Sokol NV Bratislava *

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Manager

Spartak Trnava * Czechoslovak First League: 1967–68, 1971–72, 1972–73 *

: 1966–67, 1974–75 *

: 1966–67

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Malatinsky, Anton 1920 births 1992 deaths Slovak footballers FC Spartak Trnava players Czechoslovak footballers 1954 FIFA World Cup players Czechoslovakia men's international footballers Slovak football managers Czechoslovak football managers ŠK Slovan Bratislava players ADO Den Haag managers ŠK Slovan Bratislava managers FC Spartak Trnava managers Dual men's international footballers Footballers from Trnava Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands Expatriate football managers in Austria Czechoslovak expatriates in Austria Czechoslovak expatriates in the Netherlands Men's association football midfielders Slovakia men's international footballers