Josef Vacenovský (9 July 1937 – 4 December 2023) was a Czech

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

forward who played for

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

in the

1960 European Nations' Cup The 1960 European Nations' Cup was the inaugural tournament of the UEFA European Championship, held every four years and organised by UEFA. The first tournament was held in France. It was won by the Soviet Union, who beat Yugoslavia 2–1 in Par ...

. He also played for

Dukla Prague Dukla Prague () was a Czech football club from the city of Prague. Established in 1948 as ATK Praha, the club won a total of 11 Czechoslovak league titles and eight Czechoslovak Cups, and in the 1966–67 season, reached the semi-finals of the ...

Life

Vacenovský was born on 9 July 1937 in

Ratíškovice Ratíškovice is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,000 inhabitants. Geography Ratíškovice is located about northeast of Hodonín and southeast of Hodonín. It lie ...

. He died on 4 December 2023, at the age of 86.

Career

Vacenovský played for

during the club's golden era and won six league titles. In 1960, he participated with the Czechoslovakia national team in the European Nations' Cup, but did not get into any matches. He made his only start for the national team in a 1964 friendly match against Poland. At the end of his career, he played for Gent and

Lokeren Lokeren () is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality located in the Belgian Provinces of Belgium, province of East Flanders, and belongs to the Waasland, also called ''Land van Waas'', of which it is the second ...

in Belgium.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vacenovsky, Josef 1937 births 2023 deaths People from Hodonín District Czech men's footballers Czechoslovak men's footballers Footballers from the South Moravian Region Czechoslovakia men's international footballers Men's association football forwards 1960 European Nations' Cup players FK Dukla Prague players K.A.A. Gent players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players