Anton Ondruš (born 27 March 1950) is a Slovak footballer who played as a defender.

Early club career

Ondruš was born in Solčany,

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. He started to play regularly for Slovan Bratislava in the fall of 1970. With this club, he won the Czechoslovak League in 1974 and 1975, and he later become the captain of this team, playing in total in 210 matches and scoring 38 goals. The team won the Czechoslovak Cup in 1974.

International career

Ondruš played 58 matches for

and scored 9 goals. As a captain, he led the national team in the 1976 UEFA European Championship. His superb performance against Cruyff's Netherlands in semi-finals where he scored twice (one own goal) opened his team the door to the final match where Czechoslovakia won the gold medal in the famous Belgrade Night game against the then world champion West Germany. At the 1980 UEFA European Championship, he contributed to the national team's bronze medal.

Later career

1981 Ondruš changed to Club Brugge K.V. to Belgium, but he played only nine games. From 1983 till 1987 he played in the French club CS Thonon-les-Bains and towards the end of his career at FC Biel-Bienne, Switzerland. 1997 he was a president of Slovan Bratislava for a short period. Currently he works in Switzerland.

Honours

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;Individual * UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1976 *''Sport Ideal European XI'': 1976

References

* Living people 1950 births People from Topoľčany District Footballers from the Nitra Region Slovak men's footballers Czechoslovak men's footballers Czechoslovakia men's international footballers Men's association football sweepers ŠK Slovan Bratislava players Club Brugge KV players Belgian Pro League players UEFA Euro 1976 players UEFA Euro 1980 players UEFA European Championship–winning players Czechoslovak expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Belgium FK Dukla Banská Bystrica players FC Biel-Bienne players Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in France {{Czechoslovakia-footy-bio-stub