Yanko Daucik Ciboch (22 March 1941 – 13 May 2017) was a Slovak professional

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during the 1960s and 1970s. Yanko played for

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1907, it plays in La Liga. It holds home games at the Estadio Benito Vill ...

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, the Toronto Falcons and

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. Daucik is the son of

Ferdinand Daučík Ferdinand Daučík (also known as Fernando Daucik; 30 May 1910 – 14 November 1986) was a Slovak football player and manager. Daučík was the manager of several La Liga clubs, most notably Barcelona, Atlético Bilbao, Atlético Madrid and Rea ...

, the veteran

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manager who moved with his family to

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in 1950. Daucik made his

debut for

on 11 September 1960 in a game against

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

. His father was the Betis manager at the time. Yanko scored 14 goals in 38

appearances for Betis, attracting the interest of

who signed him in 1962. However he faced stiff competition from the likes of

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and

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and during two seasons at Real he only played 10

games and scored just 3 goals. In the summer of 1966 he played in the

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with Toronto Italia Falcons. He subsequently became one of the first Spanish footballers to play in

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when he played for Toronto Falcons of the National Professional Soccer League. This proved to something of a family reunion as Yanko was joined at the club by his father Ferdinand, brother-in-law

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and nephew Branko Kubala. During the 1967 season Yanko played 17 games, scored 20 goals and made 8 assists for the Falcons and finished as the top scorer in the league. Daucik died on 13 May 2017 in

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at the age of 76.

Sources

La Liga site
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Real Madrid veterans

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Daucik, Yanko 1941 births 2017 deaths Slovak footballers Czechoslovak emigrants to Spain Spanish footballers UD Salamanca players Real Betis players Real Madrid CF players Atlético Madrid footballers UD Melilla footballers RCD Mallorca players Rayo Vallecano players UE Sant Andreu footballers RCD Espanyol footballers Xerez CD footballers La Liga players National Professional Soccer League (1967) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Toronto Falcons (1967–68) players SD Indautxu footballers Association football forwards Toronto Italia players Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League players