Ján Popluhár
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Ján Popluhár (born 12 August 1935, Bernolákovo) is a former Slovak football player. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 62 matches and scored one goal. He was a participant at the 1958 FIFA World Cup and at the 1962 FIFA World Cup, where Czechoslovakia won the silver medal.
In 1997, Popluhár was awarded with the World Fair Play award. In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player of Slovakia by the Slovak Football Association as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years. [1]
[edit] Clubs
- 1954 - 1955
ŠK Slovan Bratislava - 1955 - 1958
DSO Rudá Hvězda Brno - 1954 - 1969 ŠK Slovan Bratislava
- 1969 - 1970
Olympique Lyon - 1970 - 1972 Zbrojovka Brno
- 1972 - 1979
Slovan Vienna (as coach too)
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Czechoslovakia squad - 1958 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Stacho | 2 Mráz | 3 Čadek | 4 Novák | 5 Masopust | 6 Pluskal | 7 Gajdoš | 8 Dvořák | 9 Molnár | 10 Borovička | 11 Kraus | 12 Zikán | 13 Hovorka | 14 Feureisl | 15 Hertl | 16 Popluhár | 17 Bubernik | 18 Scherer | 19 Dolejší | 20 Moravčík | 21 Šafránek | 22 Schrojf | Coach Karel Kolský |
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Czechoslovakia squad - 1962 FIFA World Cup Runner-Up | |
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1 Schrojf | 2 Lála | 3 Popluhár | 4 Novák | 5 Pluskal | 6 Masopust | 7 Štibrányi | 8 Scherer | 9 Molnár | 10 Adamec | 11 Jelínek | 12 Tichý | 13 Schmucker | 14 Mašek | 15 Koiš | 16 Buberník | 17 Pospíchal | 18 Kadraba | 19 Kvašňák | 20 Borovička | 21 Bomba | 22 Kouba | Coach Rudolf Vytlačil |
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