Josef Jelínek

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Josef Jelínek
Personal information
Date of birth (1941-01-09) 9 January 1941
Place of birthPrague, Czechoslovakia
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
1950–1958ČAFC Prague
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1958–1967Dukla Prague
1967–1970VTŽ Chomutov
1970–1972Go Ahead Eagles
1972–1975Bohemians Prague
National team
1961–1962Czechoslovakia10(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Josef Jelínek (born 9 January 1941 in Praha) is a Czech football player. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 10 matches and scored 2 goals.[1]

He was a participant in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, where Czechoslovakia won the silver medal.

In his country he spent his best years playing for Dukla Prague.[2] He won the Czechoslovak First League five times with Dukla; and the Czechoslovak Cup for the three times.

Jelínek spent five season in the NASL from 1972 – 1976, playing for the New York Cosmos, the Rochester Lancers and the Boston Minutemen respectively.[3] He scored the game winning goal for New York on a penalty kick in the 86th minute of the Cosmos 2–1 victory over St. Louis in the 1972 Championship final.[4] He also played for Torreón during the 1973–74 Mexican Primera División season.[5]

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