Anton Švajlen (born 3 December 1937) is a Slovak former football

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who played over 300 games in the

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for VSS Košice between 1959 and 1975. He competed for Czechoslovakia at the 1964 Summer Olympics in

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where he won a silver medal in the team competition. Švajlen played five matches for the Czechoslovakia Olympic Team (one at the 1964 Olympics) and three matches for the Czechoslovakia national football B team, but he never played for

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. During his 14 seasons at the

he made 336 appearances (214 without substitution). Švajlen was also known as

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taker. He scored 11 league goals during his club career, all penalties, including five in the

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. He additionally scored a penalty in a

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match against

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in a 2–1 Košice win, although the aggregate score of 2–3 resulted in Spartak progressing in the tournament.

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* 1937 births Living people Czechoslovak men's footballers Slovak men's footballers Olympic footballers for Czechoslovakia Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic medalists in football Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics People from Topoľčany District Footballers from the Nitra Region FC VSS Košice players Men's association football goalkeepers {{Czechoslovakia-footy-bio-stub