Zdeněk Prokeš (13 June 1953 – 1 August 2024) was a Czech

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

central defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

. He started his career at

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 ...

in 1972, moving to Bohemians Praha during the 1974–1975 season, where he made 294 appearances and scored 18 goals. He transferred in Germany to

1860 Munich , commonly known as TSV 1860 München (; ''sechzig'' locally ; lettered as ) or 1860 Munich, is a sports club based in Munich. The club's football team plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of the German football pyramid. Their current home gr ...

club in 1985 and had 87 appearances and scored 18 times. He was selected 19 times in the national team of

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

and scored 1 goal. Prokeš committed suicide on 1 August 2024, at the age of 71.

Honours

1982–83 Czechoslovak First League Statistics of Czechoslovak First League in the 1982–83 season. Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and Bohemians Prague won the championship. Pavel Chaloupka was the league's top scorer with 17 goals. Stadia and locations League standing ...

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* * 1953 births 2024 deaths Czech men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Czechoslovakia men's international footballers Dukla Prague footballers Bohemians 1905 players TSV 1860 Munich players Czechoslovak men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany Czechoslovak expatriate men's footballers Footballers from České Budějovice {{Czechoslovakia-footy-bio-stub