Jozef Vengloš (18 February 1936 – 26 January 2021
) was a Slovak professional
football
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player and
manager
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. He held a
doctorate
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in Physical Education and also specialised in Psychology. He was selected by
FIFA
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on various occasions to lecture at the FIFA academies throughout the world.
Playing career
Born in
Ružomberok,
Czechoslovakia
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(now in
Slovakia
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), Vengloš played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for Slovan Bratislava 1954–1966, and later captained the team, and also played for Czechoslovakia at the B level. After his playing career was prematurely ended by
hepatitis
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, he began his managerial career in Australia, first in club football, before going on to manage the national team. He then returned to Czechoslovakia and coached at club and Under-23 national level.
Coaching career
In 1973, Vengloš was appointed as manager of Slovan Bratislava. During his three years in charge, he twice won the championship. He was also assistant manager of
Czechoslovakia
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from 1973–1978. As assistant to
Václav Ježek, he helped guide the team to victory in the
Euro 1976
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Only f ...
, beating the
Netherlands
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in the semi-finals and
West Germany
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in the Final.
As manager of Czechoslovakia from 1978 to 1982, Vengloš led his side to 3rd place in the
1980 European Championship. He also led them to the 1982 World Cup Finals, where they went out in the first round. He then coached Sporting Lisbon from 1983 to 1984, before coaching in Malaysia (
Kuala Lumpur FA
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&
Malaysia
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). In 1988, he was re-appointed to manage Czechoslovakia and took them to the quarter-finals of the
1990 World Cup
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.
Following the 1990 World Cup, he took over at
Aston Villa
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, becoming the first manager born outside Britain or Ireland to take charge of a top division club in England. He left after one season after they finished just two places above the
First Division relegation zone. He then moved to the Turkish league, where he managed
Fenerbahçe from 1991 to 1993. He was the first manager of the
Slovakia national team from 1993 to 1995, before managing
Oman
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1996–1997.
Vengloš was appointed as Head Coach of
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
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**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
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* Celtic music
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Sports Fo ...
on 17 July 1998. Season
1998–99 saw his Celtic team in some excellent form, but they failed to qualify for the Champions League. At the end of the season, Vengloš left to take up a new position as a European technical adviser and as a scout for Celtic. He is most credited with signing fans' idol
Ľubomír Moravčík
Ľubomír "Lubo" Moravčík (born 22 June 1965) is a Slovakian football manager and former footballer. A creative midfielder renowned for his technical ability, he was capable of unleashing powerful, accurate shots, and pinpoint crosses with bo ...
during his season as manager. Other successful signings include club legend
Johan Mjallby and while a trophy evaded Vengloš, he is still looked upon fondly by fans for bringing such players to the club. The stand-out of his reign came as his Celtic side inflicted a punishing 5–1 defeat on arch-rivals Rangers in the first half of the season. In the new year of 1999, he also took Celtic to Ibrox where they held their
Old Firm
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rivals to a 2–2 draw on their own soil.
He later managed Japanese team JEF United Ichihara for a season in 2002.
Honours
Player
; ŠK Slovan Bratislava
*
Czechoslovak First League
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(1):
1954-55
*
Czechoslovak Cup (2): 1961–62, 1962–63
Manager
; ŠK Slovan Bratislava
*
Czechoslovak First League
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(2):
1973-74,
1974-75
*
Czechoslovak Cup (1): 1973–74
; Czechoslovakia
*
UEFA Euro 1980: third place
*
1990 FIFA World Cup
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: quarter-final
; Kuala Lumpur City
*
Malaysian First Division (1): 1986
*
Malaysia Cup
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: 1987
Death
On 26 January 2021, Vengloš died at the age of 84.
Cultural references
Vengloš is mentioned in the song "This One's For Now", by the band
Half Man Half Biscuit
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on their 2014 album, ''
Urge For Offal
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Nigel Blackwell of Half Man Half Biscuit has discussed ...
''.
References
External links
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1936 births
2021 deaths
People from Ružomberok
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Czechoslovak footballers
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