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Date of birth | 8 February 1944 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Nagyilva, Kingdom of Hungary (now Ilva Mare, Romania) | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | 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 | Slovan Wien | |||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1965–1977 | Czechoslovakia | 25 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alexander Vencel (born 8 February 1944) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made 25 appearances for Czechoslovakia. [2]
He was a participant in the 1970 FIFA World Cup, [3] and in 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.
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Czechoslovakia | 1965 | 4 | 0 |
1966 | 3 | 0 | |
1967 | 0 | 0 | |
1968 | 0 | 0 | |
1969 | 4 | 0 | |
1970 | 3 | 0 | |
1971 | 1 | 0 | |
1972 | 0 | 0 | |
1973 | 0 | 0 | |
1974 | 5 | 0 | |
1975 | 0 | 0 | |
1976 | 3 | 0 | |
1977 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 25 | 0 |
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