Josef Čapek (1 August 1902 – 5 May 1983[1]) was a Czech footballer who played for SK Slavia Prague, SK Kladno and the Czechoslovak national team.[2]

Career

Born in Prague[3] in 1902, he begin playing with Viktoria Žižkov in 1914[4] but in 1915 he joined the youth team of Slavia Prague.[5] In 1920 Čapek had a short spell in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia playing with FK Vojvodina,[6] a club with traditional connection with Slavia Prague. He returned to Slavia and stayed until 1928, winning the first edition of the Czechoslovak First League with them in 1925.[7]

In 1927 he moved to another Czechoslovak First League club, SK Kladno, where he played until 1931.

He later coached Polaban Nymburk between 1941 and 1946.[4]

National team

He represented the Czechoslovakia national team on seven occasions, scoring eight goals. His debut was on 1 July 1923, in a friendly match against Romania (a 6–0 win, with Čapek scoring twice) and his farewell match was on 28 October 1926 in a friendly match against Italy (a 3–1 win, with Čapek again scoring twice).[8] He was member of the Czechoslovakia squad at the 1924 Olympics having played as number 10 in the first match against Turkey in a 5–2 win with him scoring the fifth goal,[9] and in the second match against Switzerland, that ended with a 1–1 draw.[10] Two days later a second match was played against Switzerland with Čapek being an unused substitute and ending with Czechoslovakia losing 0–1.

Honours

Slavia Prague

References

  1. ^ Josef Čapek at Worldfootball.
  2. ^ "Josef Čapek". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. ^ Playerhistory.com
  4. ^ a b Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 32. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
  5. ^ 1919 season Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine at Slavia Prague official website.
  6. ^ 1920 season at FKVojvodina.com.
  7. ^ a b 1925 season Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine at Slavia Prague official website.
  8. ^ Josef Čapek Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine at Czech Football Association official website.
  9. ^ Match report 1924: Czechoslovakia vs Turkey at FIFA.com.
  10. ^ Match report 1924: Czechoslovakia vs Switzerland at FIFA.com.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_%C4%8Capek_(footballer)
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