Anton Švajlen

Olympic medal record
Competitor for Czechoslovakia
Men's Football
Silver 1964 Tokyo Football

Anton Švajlen (born 3 December 1937 in Solčany, Czechoslovakia) is a former Slovak football goalkeeper who played for Topoľčany, Trenčín, Prievidza, Brezno and mostly for VSS Košice (1959–1975). He won the Olympic silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He played 5 matches for the Czechoslovakia Olympic Team (one at the 1964 Olympics) and 3 matches for the Czechoslovakia national football B team but he never played for the first team.

During his 14 seasons at the Czechoslovak First League he made 336 appearances (214 without substitution). Švajlen was also known as penalty taker. He scored 11 goals during his career.[1]

References

  1. "Brankář střelcem! Ale gól Sňozíka netěšil" (in Czech). Retrieved 2011-03-30.

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