Ján Švehlík (born 17 January 1950) is a former
Slovak football player and later a football manager. He played for
Czechoslovakia
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, for which he played 17 matches and scored 4 goals.
He played mostly 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 m ...
.
International career
Švehlík made 17 appearances 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 Cze ...
.
He was a participant at the
1976 UEFA European Championship
The 1976 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Yugoslavia. This was the fifth UEFA European Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament took place between 16 and 20 June 1976.
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, which Czechoslovakia won. He scored an important first goal in the final against
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
.
References
1950 births
Men's association football forwards
Czechoslovak footballers
Slovak footballers
Slovak football managers
ŠK Slovan Bratislava managers
Living people
UEFA Euro 1976 players
UEFA European Championship-winning players
Czechoslovakia men's international footballers
Dukla Prague footballers
ŠK Slovan Bratislava players
Czechoslovak expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
People from Žiar nad Hronom District
Sportspeople from the Banská Bystrica Region
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