Alexander Vencel (born 8 February 1944) is a Slovak former professional

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who played as a

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. He made 25 appearances for

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. He was a participant in the

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,Alexander Vencel Statistics

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. Retrieved 3 February 2010. and in the

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, where Czechoslovakia won the gold medal. He played mostly for Slovan Bratislava. His son, Alexander Vencel Jr., also a goalkeeper, won a number of caps for

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in the mid-1990s.

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1944 births Slovak men's footballers Czechoslovak men's footballers 1970 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1976 players UEFA European Championship–winning players Men's association football goalkeepers Living people Czechoslovakia men's international footballers ŠK Slovan Bratislava players FC Nitra players Footballers from Bistrița-Năsăud County Expatriate men's footballers in Austria {{Czechoslovakia-footy-bio-stub