Josef Čapek (1 August 1902 – 5 May 1983) was a

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er who played for

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and the Czechoslovak national team.

Career

Born in

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in 1902, he begin playing with

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in 1914 but in 1915 he joined the youth team of

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. In 1920 Čapek had a short spell in the

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playing with

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Serbia, the second large ...

, a club with traditional connection with Slavia Prague. He returned to Slavia and stayed until 1928, winning the first edition of the

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with them in

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.1925 season
at Slavia Prague official website. In 1927 he moved to another Czechoslovak First League club,

, where he played until 1931. He later coached

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between 1941 and 1946.

National team

He represented the Czechoslovakia national team on seven occasions, scoring eight goals. His debut was on 1 July 1923, in a friendly match against Romania (a 6–0 win, with Čapek scoring twice) and his farewell match was on 28 October 1926 in a friendly match against Italy (a 3–1 win, with Čapek again scoring twice). He was member of the Czechoslovakia squad at the 1924 Olympics having played as number 10 in the first match against Turkey in a 5–2 win with him scoring the fifth goal, and in the second match against Switzerland, that ended with a 1–1 draw.Match report 1924: Czechoslovakia vs Switzerland
at

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.com. Two days later a second match was played against Switzerland with Čapek being an unused substitute and ending with Czechoslovakia losing 0–1.

Honours

;Slavia Prague *

References

External links

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