Jaroslav Pollák (11 July 1947 – 26 June 2020) was a Slovak

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who played as a

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. He played for Czechoslovakia national team in 49 matches and scored one goal. He was a participant at the

1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the 9th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May to ...

, where he played in a match against

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, at Euro 1976, where his team won the gold medal, and also at Euro 1980. Pollák played for more than 10 years for

FC VSS Košice FC VSS Košice, formerly 1. FC Košice, was a Slovakia, Slovak Football team, football club based in Košice which played in the 2. Liga (Slovakia), Slovak 2. Liga during the 2016–17 season. The club officially ceased operations on 27 July 2017 ...

Death

Pollák died on 26 June 2020 at the age of 72.

Honours

;Czechoslovakia *

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;Individual *

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: 1976

References

* 1947 births Slovak men's footballers Czechoslovak men's footballers FC VSS Košice players AC Sparta Prague players 1970 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1976 players UEFA Euro 1980 players UEFA European Championship–winning players Czechoslovakia men's international footballers 2020 deaths Czechoslovak expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Austria Men's association football midfielders People from Košice-okolie District Footballers from the Košice Region FC Red Bull Salzburg players FK Dukla Banská Bystrica players {{Czechoslovakia-footy-bio-stub