Jiří Jeslínek (footballer born 1962)

Jiří Jeslínek

Jiří Jeslínek (2013)
Personal information
Date of birthApril 16, 1962
Place of birthPrague, Czechoslovakia
Playing positionDefender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1980–1982Slavia Prague56(6)
1982Dukla Prague6(0)
1983–1984Rudá Hvězda Cheb36(1)
1984–1989Slavia Prague138(24)
1990Union Cheb21(2)
1991Hajduk Split23(1)
1991–1992Sparta Prague9(0)
1992–1993Hradec Králové38(4)
1994–1997Dukla Prague33(1)
National team
1985Czechoslovakia1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Jiří Jeslínek (born 16 April 1962) is a Czech former football defender. He played in major Czech football clubs such as Slavia, Dukla and Sparta Prague, and with Hajduk Split in Yugoslavia. He was also a member of the Czechoslovak national team.

Club career

After starting his career in 1980 with Slavia Prague he played between 1982 and 1984 with Dukla Prague and Rudá Hvězda Cheb to gain more experience before returning to Slavia and playing five consecutive seasons. In 1990, after a short spell with FK Union Cheb, he moved to HNK Hajduk Split playing back then in the Yugoslav First League. At the end of the season he returned to the Czechoslovak First League and signed with Sparta Prague where he played the 1991-92 season. Afterwords, he played one and a half seasons with FC Hradec Králové and three and a half with Dukla Prague, playing for both teams in the 1993–94 Gambrinus liga.[1] He retired in 1997. While playing in Yugoslavia, his name was spelled Jirži Jeslinek.

National team

He was part of the Czechoslovak national team in the mid-1980s, having earned one cap in 1985.

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Jiří Jeslínek" (in Czech). gambrinusliga.cz. Retrieved 14 April 2013.

External sources