Ladislav Petráš (born 1 December 1946) is a former Slovak football player. He played 19 matches for Czechoslovakia national team and scored six goals. Petráš was a participant at the

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, where he played three matches and scored two goals. Petráš also took part in the Euro 1976, where his team won the tournament. After scoring Czechoslovakia's only goal against

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, Petráš celebrated by kneeling and performing the

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, demonstrating his Catholic faith in defiance against the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, which was contrary to any religious belief. Petras continues to be a Roman Catholic. In the second match of the tournament, Petráš scored the first goal of the match against

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at the 4th minute. Domestically Petráš played for Dukla Banská Bystrica and later for Inter Bratislava.

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* * * * * 1946 births Living people Sportspeople from Prievidza Footballers from the Trenčín Region 1970 FIFA World Cup players Czechoslovak men's footballers Czechoslovakia men's international footballers FK Inter Bratislava players Slovak men's footballers Slovak Roman Catholics Olympic footballers for Czechoslovakia Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics UEFA Euro 1976 players UEFA European Championship–winning players Slovak football managers Slovakia national under-21 football team managers FK Inter Bratislava managers Men's association football forwards FK Dukla Banská Bystrica players FC Baník Prievidza players Wiener AC players Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Austria SK Vorwärts Steyr players {{Czechoslovakia-footy-bio-stub