Václav Sršeň (7 June 1925 – 30 November 1996) was a
football
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er. A
forward, he played for
Czechoslovakia
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, representing his country once in 1948. He made 217 appearances in the
Czechoslovak First League, scoring 85 goals, between 1942 and 1958. Among other teams, he played for
ATK Prague at club level.
Sršeň made his national team debut on 4 July 1948 in a match against
Romania
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in Bucharest. He was the first player from ATK Prague to represent the national team.
After football
Due to him speaking out against the
Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia, Sršeň lost his job and was unable to continue with football coaching. After 1989 he ran a ''
Konditorei'' in
Buštěhrad
Buštěhrad () is a town in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,000 inhabitants.
Etymology
The settlement was originally named Buščeves, which was derived from ''Buškova ves'' (i.e. "Bušek's vil ...
with his daughter, Olga, until his death following a short and severe illness in 1996.
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1925 births
1996 deaths
People from Buštěhrad
Czechoslovak men's footballers
Footballers from the Central Bohemian Region
Men's association football forwards
Czechoslovakia men's international footballers
Czechoslovak First League players
SK Kladno players
Dukla Prague footballers
FC Zlín players
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