Ján Čapkovič (born 11 January 1948 in

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) is a former Slovak football player.

Club career

He played most of his professional career for Slovan Bratislava, representing the club from 1967–1977. He helped Slovan Bratislava to the 1969 European Cup Winners' Cup Final where he scored one of their goals as they beat

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by a score of 3–2.

International career

Čapkovič represented Czechoslovakia at the

1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May to 21 June in Mexico, it was the first World Cup tournament held outside ...

in Mexico. In total, he played for

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, for which he played 20 matches and scored 6 goals.

Personal life

His twin brother

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was also a successful footballer.

Honours

Slovan Bratislava *

Czechoslovak First League The Czechoslovak First League ( cs, 1. fotbalová liga, sk, 1. futbalová liga) was the premier football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who forme ...

: 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75 *

Czechoslovak Cup The Czechoslovak Cup () was a football cup competition held in Czechoslovakia. It was officially created in 1960 and folded in 1993 with the split between Czech Republic and Slovakia. The cup was played throughout Czechoslovakia until 1968–69. Fr ...

: 1967–68, 1973–74 *

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tourn ...

: 1968–69

References

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