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Vlastimil Kopecký
Personal information
Date of birth (1912-10-14)14 October 1912
Place of birth Vilémov, Austrian-Hungarian Empire
Date of death 30 July 1967(1967-07-30) (aged 54)
Place of death Hlinsko, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1927–1932 Rapid Vinohrady 10 (13)
1932–1951 Slavia Prague 325 (252)
Total 335 (265)
International career
1932–1948 Czechoslovakia 26 (5)
1939 Bohemia 3 (3)
Managerial career
1959 Slavia Prague
Medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Men's Football
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1934 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vlastimil Kopecký (14 October 1912 – 30 July 1967) was a Czech football player. He played 26 games for Czechoslovakia, scoring eight goals. He was a participant in the 1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cups.

Club career

There were rumours that Kopecky was to transfer to Slavia Prague or Sparta Prague from Rapid Vinohrady in early November 1931. However in mid-November, Rapid announced that he was not to do so. Playing for Slavia Prague, he scored 252 league goals in 325 matches (1932-1950). He twice scored five goals in a single match for Slavia. He is the second highest Czech league goalscorer in history, only Josef Bican has scored more goals in the Czech league.

He suffered a heart attack on the pitch in a friendly match against SK Hlinsko Old Boys. Slavia Prague Old Boys won 4-2, but in the midst of the game, Kopecký collapsed to the floor and František Plánička tried to revive him. Kopecký was already gone, a second attempt to revive him at a polyclinic in Hlinsko, but again it was too late.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition. Official games are included in this table.
Club Season Czech First League Czech Cup Mitropa Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rapid Vinohrady 1930/1931 5 8 0 0 0 0 5 8
1931/1932 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 3
Slavia Prague 1931–32 5 5 2+ 3+ 4 3 6+ 6+
1932–33 18 10 2+ 1+ 2 2 21+ 13+
1933–34 15 16 0 0 1 0 16 16
1934–35 16 11 2+ 4+ 5 3 23+ 18+
1935–36 25 16 3+ 1+ 4 1 32+ 18+
1936–37 21 28 1+ 0+ 2 0 24+ 28+
1937–38 18 9 0 0 8 1 26 10
1938–39 21 20 0 0 2 0 23 24
1939–40 22 25 1+ 1+ 0 0 23+ 26+
1940–41 20 21 8+ 14+ 0 0 28+ 35+
1941–42 21 18 6+ 10+ 0 0 28+ 28+
1942–43 14 13 4+ 4+ 0 0 18+ 17+
1943–44 24 20 0 0 0 0 24 20
1944–45 0 0 7 2 0 0 7 2
1945–46 16 10 3+ 0+ 0 0 19+ 10+
1946–47 13 6 0 0 0 0 13 6
1947–48 9 2 1+ 1+ 0 0 9 2
1948 11 5 0 0 0 0 11 5
1949 21 5 0 0 0 0 21 5
1950 12 5 0 0 0 0 19 5
Total 327 263 41+ 41+ 28 10 396+ 314+

Style of play

Josef Bican commented on his and Vlastimil's relationship on the field; "We understood each other perfectly: we were, as it were, connected mentally. Whenever Vlasta had the ball at his feet, I felt what he was going to do with it, and he felt the same when I had the ball. It was simple and logical. I knew that he would handle the ball in the way that was most beneficial for the team at that moment, and I arranged accordingly. He was the best technician I ever met. We passed without even looking.

Honours

Notes

  1. Includes Bohemian Cup

References

  1. "Vlastimil Kopecký, international footballer".
  2. "Koloušek má první hattrick - Pepi Bican jich zvládl sedmadvacet" [Koloušek's first hat-trick - Pepi Bican mastered them with twenty-seven] (in Czech). Slavia Magazin. 4 September 2004. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  3. https://archiv.ucl.cas.cz/index.php?path=RudePravo/1967/7/31/3.png
  4. "Národní listy".
  5. "Digitální knihovna Kramerius". www.digitalniknihovna.cz.
  6. "index2". www.slavistickahistorie.cz.
  7. "Před 105 lety se narodil legendární slávista Vlasta Kopecký".

External links

Czechoslovakia squad – 1934 FIFA World Cup runners-up
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia squad – 1938 FIFA World Cup
Czechoslovakia
SK Slavia Prague – managers
(c) = caretaker manager


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