Vlastimil Kopecký

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.

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
1932–1951 Slavia Prague 325 (252)
International career
1932–1948 Czechoslovakia 26 (8)
Managerial career
1959 Slavia Prague
Honours
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Men's Football
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up1934 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 (1931/32-1950). He twice scored five goals in a single match for Slavia.[1] He is the second highest Czech league goalscorer in history, only Josef Bican has scored more goals in the Czech league. He died of a heart attack on the football pitch.[2][3]

Career statistics
Club Season Czechoslovak First League Czechoslovak Cup Central Bohemian Cup Mitropa Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rapid Vinohrady 1931/1932 5500130068
Slavia Prague 1931–32 0000000000
1932–33 181000000000
1933–34 151400000000
1934–35 161100000000
1935–36 251800000000
1936–37 212600000000
1937–38 18900000000
1938–39 212400000000
1939–40 222400000000
1940–41 222100000000
1941–42 161700000000
1942–43 171400000000
1943–44 202000000000
1944–45 0000000000
1945–46 171000000000
1946–47 14600000000
1947–48 9200000000
1948 11500000000
1949 23500000000
1950 19500000000
Total 32925600000000

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.[4]

Honours

References
  1. "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.
  2. https://kramerius.cbvk.cz/search/i.jsp?pid=uuid:ae876087-435d-11dd-b505-00145e5790ea#periodical-periodicalvolume-periodicalitem-page_uuid:2ac197a6-435e-11dd-b505-00145e5790ea
  3. https://kramerius.cbvk.cz/search/i.jsp?pid=uuid:ae876087-435d-11dd-b505-00145e5790ea#periodical-periodicalvolume-periodicalitem-page_uuid:2abfc2a2-435e-11dd-b505-00145e5790ea
  4. "Před 105 lety se narodil legendární slávista Vlasta Kopecký".


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