Alexander Vencel (footballer born 1944)

Alexander Vencel
Personal information
Full name Alexandru Vencel
Date of birth 8 February 1944 (1944-02-08) (age 68)
Place of birth Ilva Mare, Hungary, now Romania
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
TJ Diakovce
1958–1960 TJ Dimitrov Bratislava
1960–1963 Slovan Bratislava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1965 Dukla Komárno
1965–1977 Slovan Bratislava 321 (0)
1977–1979 Plastika Nitra
1980–1982 SK Slovan Wien
National team
1965–1977 Czechoslovakia 25 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Alexander Vencel (Romanian: Alexandru Vencel) (born 8 February 1944) is a former Slovak football goalkeeper. He played 25 matches for Czechoslovakia.[1]

He was a participant at the 1970 FIFA World Cup,[2] and at the 1976 UEFA European Championship, where Czechoslovakia won the gold medal.

He played mostly for Slovan Bratislava.

His son, Alexander Vencel Jr., also a goalkeeper, won a number of caps for Slovakia in the mid-1990s.

References

  1. ^ Profile at ČMFS website
  2. ^ Alexander Vencel Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 3 February 2010.