Vlastimil Kopecký (14 October 1912 – 30 July 1967) was a
Czech football player
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 ...
. He played 26 games for
Czechoslovakia, scoring eight goals. He was a participant in the
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
and
1938 FIFA World Cup
The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, beat ...
s.
Club career
In his country he played for
Slavia Prague, for which he scored 252 league goals in 325 matches (1931/32-1950). He twice scored five goals in a single match for Slavia. He is the second highest Czech league goalscorer in history, only
Josef Bican has scored more goals in the Czech league. He died of a heart attack on the football pitch.
Career statistics
Style of play
Josef Bican commented on his and Vlastimil's relationship on the field; "We understood each other perfectly: we were, as it were, connected mentally. Whenever Vlasta had the ball at his feet, I felt what he was going to do with it, and he felt the same when I had the ball. It was simple and logical. I knew that he would handle the ball in the way that was most beneficial for the team at that moment, and I arranged accordingly. He was the best technician I ever met. We passed without even looking.
[https://slavia.cz/article/15094-Pred-105-lety-se-narodil-legendarni-slavista-Vlasta-Kopecky]
Honours
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Czechoslovak First League:
1932–33,
1933–34,
1934–35,
1936–37,
1939–40,
1940–41,
1941–42,
1942–43,
1946–47,
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
*
Czechoslovak Cup: 1940–41, 1941–42, 1944-45
*Central Bohemian Cup: 1932, 1935, 1941, 1943, 1944
*Liberty Cup: 1945
*
Mitropa Cup:
1938
Events
January
* January 1
** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ...
References
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External links
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Profile at Slavia Praha website*
ČMFS entry
1912 births
1967 deaths
Czech footballers
Czechoslovak footballers
1934 FIFA World Cup players
1938 FIFA World Cup players
SK Slavia Prague players
Czechoslovakia international footballers
Czech football managers
Czechoslovak football managers
SK Slavia Prague managers
People from Havlíčkův Brod District
Association football forwards
Sportspeople from the Vysočina Region
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