Ladislav Novák (5 December 1931 – 21 March 2011) was a

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football defender and later a football manager. He played 75 matches for

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

, 71 of them as a team captain.iDNES.cz: Loučíme se s fotbalovým rytířem, řekl Hašek na pohřbu Ladislava Nováka
28 March 2011. He was a participant in the

1962 FIFA World Cup The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the seventh edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place bet ...

, where Czechoslovakia won the silver medal. He was also a participant in the

1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerla ...

and

1958 FIFA World Cup The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country. Brazil be ...

. In his country Novák played mainly for

Dukla Prague Dukla Prague ( cz, Dukla Praha) was a Czechoslovakia, Czech association football, football club from the city of Prague. Established in 1948 as ATK Praha, the club won a total of 11 Czechoslovak league titles and eight Czechoslovak Cups, and in ...

and won 8 championship titles with them. After end of his playing career he worked as a football manager and coached Dukla Praha and briefly Czechoslovakia national team. He won the championship title with Dukla as a coach in 1982.

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Zemřel fotbalový rytíř, kapitán stříbrných "Chilanů“ Novák
at iDNES.cz, 21 March 2011. 1931 births 2011 deaths Czech footballers Czechoslovak footballers Czechoslovakia international footballers Association football defenders 1954 FIFA World Cup players 1958 FIFA World Cup players 1960 European Nations' Cup players 1962 FIFA World Cup players Dukla Prague footballers FK Jablonec players Czech football managers Czechoslovak football managers Czechoslovakia national football team managers Royal Antwerp F.C. managers Dukla Prague managers K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen managers K.S.K. Beveren managers Beerschot A.C. managers R.W.D. Molenbeek managers Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate football managers in Belgium People from Louny FK Jablonec managers Sportspeople from the Ústí nad Labem Region {{CzechRepublic-footy-defender-stub