Imrich Stacho (4 November 1931, in
Trnava
Trnava (, german: Tyrnau; hu, Nagyszombat, also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, to the northeast of Bratislava, on the Trnávka river. It is the capital of a ''kraj'' (Trnava Region) and of an '' okres'' (Trna ...
– 10 January 2006) was a
Slovak football goalkeeper. He played for
Czechoslovakia national team in 23 matches and scored one goal from a penalty in a match against
Ireland
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.
Career
Starcho was chosen as one of Czechoslovakia's goalkeepers at 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 ...
.
On a club level he played for
Spartak Trnava
FC Spartak Trnava () is a Slovak professional football club based in Trnava. Historically, it is one of the most successful clubs in the country, having won the Czechoslovak First League five times and the Czechoslovak Cup on four occasions, and ...
from 1947 until 1966. During his military service in Prague in the late 1940s, he also played for
Tankista Praha.
International goals
Source: 11v11
References
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Zomrel legendárny brankár Imrich Stacho*
ČMFS entry
1931 births
2006 deaths
Slovak men's footballers
Czechoslovak men's footballers
FC Spartak Trnava players
1954 FIFA World Cup players
1958 FIFA World Cup players
Men's association football goalkeepers
Czechoslovakia men's international footballers
Dukla Prague footballers
Footballers from Trnava
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