Ladislav Novák (5 December 1931 – 21 March 2011) was a Czech football defender and later a football manager. He played 75 matches for Czechoslovakia, 71 of them as a team captain.[2]
He was a participant in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, where Czechoslovakia won the silver medal.
He was also a participant in the 1954 FIFA World Cup and 1958 FIFA World Cup.
In his country Novák played mainly for Dukla Prague and won 8 championship titles with them.[3]
After end of his playing career he worked as a football manager and coached Dukla Praha and briefly Czechoslovakia national team. He won the championship title with Dukla as a coach in 1982.
Honours
- Czech Republic
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1962
- Individual
Footnotes
- ^ "Ladislav Novak - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- ^ iDNES.cz: Loučíme se s fotbalovým rytířem, řekl Hašek na pohřbu Ladislava Nováka, 28 March 2011.
- ^ "Novák Ladislav – Síň slávy – Klub – FK Dukla Praha – oficiální stránky 11násobného českého fotbalového mistra". Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
- ^ "1960 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
References
- Ladislav Novák at FAČR (in Czech)
- Zemřel fotbalový rytíř, kapitán stříbrných "Chilanů“ Novák at iDNES.cz, 21 March 2011. (in Czech)