Rostislav Vojáček (born 23 February 1949 in Křenovice) is a

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former football defender. He played for

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, for which he played 40 matches and scored one goal. He was participant in the

1982 FIFA World Cup The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain between 13 June and 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy national foo ...

and a member of the bronze team in the

1980 UEFA European Championship The 1980 UEFA European Football Championship finals tournament was held in Italy. This was the sixth UEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. It was the first European Championship to feature eight teams i ...

. In his country he played for

Baník Ostrava ''Baník'' is a Slovak word meaning "miner". Since the 1950s it has been part of the name of various sports clubs in Czechoslovakia associated mostly with coal mining regions. In Poland, the same practice was conducted with the name ''górnik''. ...

, for which he played 381 league matches and scored 26 league goals. Vojáček contributed to the best period in the history of the club. During his years as a player of the club, Baník won the

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 formed ...

in 1976, 1980 and 1981. Baník also won the

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in 1973 and 1978. In 2000, he briefly coached Baník Ostrava.

References

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