Ladislav Vízek (born 22 January 1955 in

Chlumec nad Cidlinou Chlumec nad Cidlinou (; ) is a town in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,600 inhabitants. Administrative division Chlumec nad Cidlinou consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets popu ...

) is a

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football player. He played 55 matches for

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and scored 13 goals. He played in the

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, and was sent off in Czechoslovakia's final game, a 1–1 draw with

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. He was a member of the gold Czechoslovakia team at the 1980 Olympic Games and the third-placed team at

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. At club level, he 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 ...

for many years.

Trivia

Vízek's daughter Pavlína married another Czech football player,

Vladimír Šmicer Vladimír Šmicer (; born 24 May 1973) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He started his senior career at Slavia Prague, the only Czech club he ever played for. In 1999, Šmicer moved to England where he play ...

, in 1996.

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* 1955 births Living people People from Chlumec nad Cidlinou Czech men's footballers Czechoslovak men's footballers Czechoslovakia men's international footballers Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Czechoslovakia Olympic gold medalists for Czechoslovakia UEFA Euro 1980 players 1982 FIFA World Cup players Dukla Prague footballers Le Havre AC players Ligue 1 players Czechoslovak expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Olympic medalists in football Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in France Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Men's association football forwards Footballers from the Hradec Králové Region {{CzechRepublic-footy-forward-stub