Gejza Šimanský (born 29 August 1924 in

Sečovce Sečovce (; hu, Gálszécs; uk, Сечівці) is a town in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of south-eastern Slovakia. History The town was first mentioned in year 1255 on the list of king Béla IV of Hungary. In 1494, a Roman Ca ...

, died 19 June 2007) was a former Slovak

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played for

ŠK Slovan Bratislava ŠK Slovan Bratislava (, "Bratislava Slav") is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Slovak Super Liga. Founded as 1. ČsŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name to Slovan Bratislava in 1953. Slovan is the mo ...

and FC Tatran Prešov during the 1940s and 1950s.

Club career

Šimanský made 212 appearances and scored 85 goals in the Czechoslovakian I. liga over 18 seasons.

International career

Šimanský made 15 appearances and scored 7 goals for the full

Czechoslovakia national football team The Czechoslovakia national football team ( cs, Československá fotbalová reprezentace, sk, Česko-slovenské národné futbalové mužstvo) was the national football team of Czechoslovakia from 1920 to 1993. The team was controlled by the Cz ...

from 1947 through 1955.

References

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