Jan Fiala (born 19 May 1956 in
Slatinice
Slatinice (german: Groß Latein) is a municipality and village in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,600 inhabitants.
Slatinice lies approximately west of Olomouc and east of Prague.
Administrative part ...
) is a
Czech former
football
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player.
He played 58 matches for the
Czechoslovakia national football team, for which he scored one goal. He was a member of the bronze team in the
1980 UEFA European Football Championship
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even if he didn't play a single match. He was a participant in the
1982 FIFA World Cup
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, where he played all three matches.
Fiala played his whole career in Czechoslovakia for
Dukla Prague. He played for them 310 league matches and won the
Czechoslovak First League in 1977, 1979 and 1982. In 1982, he was also voted the
Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year
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.
Hall of Fame Dukla Praha profile
He then played for Le Havre AC from 1987 to 1988.
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1956 births
Living people
Czech men's footballers
Czechoslovak men's footballers
Czechoslovakia men's international footballers
Dukla Prague footballers
Le Havre AC players
Bourges 18 players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
UEFA Euro 1980 players
1982 FIFA World Cup players
Czechoslovak expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in France
Men's association football defenders
People from Olomouc District
Footballers from the Olomouc Region
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