Jiří Tichý (6 December 1933 – 26 August 2016) was a Czech
football
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player.
During his club career he played for
CH Bratislava
FK Inter Bratislava () is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, temporarily playing its home matches in Štadion Pasienky.
History
Inter Bratislava was founded in 1940 by the Apollo refinery (later renamed Slovnaft). Following the end o ...
and
Sparta Prague
Athletic Club Sparta Praha (), commonly known as Sparta Prague and Sparta Praha, is a professional football club based in Prague.
It is the most successful club in the Czech Republic and one of the most successful in central Europe, winning t ...
. Tichý won three championship titles with Sparta. He earned 19 caps for the
Czechoslovakia national football team
The Czechoslovakia national football team (, ) represented Czechoslovakia in men's international Association football, football from 1919 to 1993. The team was controlled by the Czechoslovak Football Association, and the team qualified for eight ...
, and was part of the second-placed team at the
1962 FIFA World Cup
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.
References
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1933 births
2016 deaths
Czech men's footballers
Czechoslovak men's footballers
Czechoslovakia men's international footballers
1962 FIFA World Cup players
FK Inter Bratislava players
AC Sparta Prague players
People from Prague-West District
1960 European Nations' Cup players
Men's association football defenders
Footballers from the Central Bohemian Region
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