Čestmír Vycpálek
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Čestmír Vycpálek | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Čestmír Vycpálek | |
Date of birth | May 15, 1921 | |
Place of birth | Prague, Czechoslovakia | |
Date of death | May 5, 2002 | |
Place of death | Palermo, Italy | |
Nickname | Cesto | |
Playing position | Right winger | |
Senior clubs1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
?-1946 1946-1947 1947-1952 1952-1958 |
SK Slavia Praha Juventus Palermo Parma |
? (?) 27 (5) 143 (23) 151 (28) |
National team | ||
Czechoslovakia | ||
Teams managed | ||
1958-1960 1960-1961 1962-1964 ? ? 1970 1970-1971 1971-1974 |
Palermo Siracusa Valdagno Palermo (youth squad) Juve Bagheria Mazara Juventus (youth squad) Juventus |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Čestmír Vycpálek (Prague, 15 May 1921 - Palermo, 5 May 2002) was a former Czech football player and manager. He was uncle of noted football manager Zdeněk Zeman.
[edit] Playing career
A good right winger, Vycpálek moved in 1946 to Juventus from Slavia Prague, and in 1947 to Palermo, in Serie B at the time, leading the team to an immediate promotion to the top division, and playing 143 times, with 23 goals, in five seasons for the rosanero. In the season 1952/1953, Vycpálek then signed for Parma, where he played at Serie B and Serie C level. Vycpálek abandoned his playing career in 1958, at the age of 37.
[edit] Coaching career
Before to enjoy some relevant success at the managing level, Vycpálek had several minor experiences, often not particularly lucky. He started his coaching career for Palermo, where he relocated with his family after Czechoslovakia was occupied by the Soviet Red Army after the Prague Spring. He then coached minor league teams such as Siracusa, Valdagno, and Juve Bagheria.
In the early 1970s, however, after having been fired by Sicilian Serie D team Mazara, Vycpálek went back to Juventus, thanks also to his old friend Giampiero Boniperti, who was a board member in that times, and became coach for the youth team. But, in 1971, after the sudden death of Armando Picchi, Vycpálek was named new head coach of Juventus. It was the beginning of a successful period which led the team to two consecutive scudetti, in 1972 and 1973.
Vycpálek died on 5 May 2002 in Palermo, the same day of the Juventus' triumph in the 2001/2002 Serie A.
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