Jan Vaník

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Jan Vaník
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Jan Vaník in 1922
Personal information
Date of birth(1891-05-07)7 May 1891
Place of birth Prague, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 14 June 1950(1950-06-14) (aged 59)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1907–1908 SK Letná
1908–1910 SK Bubeneč
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1910–1916 Sparta Prague
1916–1926 Slavia Prague
International career
1917 Austria 2 (0)
1920–1925 Czechoslovakia 12 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jan Vaník (7 May 1891 [1] [2] – 12 June 1950) was a footballer who appeared for both the Austria and Czechoslovakia national teams. [3] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics. [4] On a club level, he played for AC Sparta Prague and SK Slavia Prague, [5] becoming the top goalscorer of the Czechoslovak First League in the 1925 season. [2]

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Club career

Jan Vaník was very interested in the education of young football players and already at Sparta Prague, he took care of the junior side through his own initiative. Later, when he had retired, he helped lead courses for youth leaders. J. Šoltys, J. Čapek, A. Šimperský and J. Čtyřoký, among others, owed their growth to his activities. Also, he helped develop Frantisek Planicka. [6] In 1918 Jan scored a total of 28 goals including friendlies. In 1920, Jan scored a total of 54 goals including friendlies. In 1921, Jan scored a total of 36 goals including friendlies. [7]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition. Official and unofficial games are included in this table. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
ClubSeason Czech League Bohemian ChampionshipCupFriendliesTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sparta Prague 19100000000000
1911000000047047
191200000052735273
1913000000092092
191400001042844384
19153+7+000025542864
191600000035923592
Slavia Prague 19173+6+1+1+0017+29+21+36+
19186+16+001+2+8+25+33+44+
19196+9+000017+27+23+36+
19203+4+00002+505+54
1921000000036036
1922013003+1+20+22+23+36+
192300002+3+19+27+21+30+
19240000000000
192581336003+9+14+28+
19260000000000
Total29+68+4+7+7+6+240+646+280+727+

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References

  1. ↑ Profile Archived 13 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine at the official website of FAČR
  2. 1 2 Jan Vaník padesátníkem (Jan Vaník turns fifty) in Moravská orlice newspaper, 8 May 1941.
  3. ↑ Jan Vaník at National-Football-Teams.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  4. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jan Vaník Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Jan Vaník". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Jan Van?k". slavia.webzdarma.cz. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Historie zápasů".
  8. ↑ "Slavia - úvod".
  9. ↑ "Digitální knihovna Kramerius".
  10. ↑ "SK Slavia Praha".
  11. ↑ "Digitální knihovna Kramerius". www.digitalniknihovna.cz.
  12. ↑ "Digitální knihovna Kramerius".
  13. ↑ Železná Sparta (in Czech). 1966. p. 248.
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