Ján Švehlík (born 17 January 1950) is a former Slovak football player and later a football manager. He played for

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

, 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. Only f ...

, 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 {{Slovakia-footy-forward-stub