Adolf Scherer
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Date of birth | 5 May 1938 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth |
Priekopa, First Czechoslovak Republic (today part of Martin, Slovakia) | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 22 July 2023 | (aged 85)||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1957–1962 | CH Bratislava | 115 | (72) | ||||||||||||||
1962–1965 | Slovnaft Bratislava | 43 | (27) | ||||||||||||||
1965–1967 | Lokomotíva Košice | 5 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
1967–1969 | VSS Košice | 42 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
1969–1972 | Nîmes | 97 | (76) | ||||||||||||||
1972 | Strojárne Martin | ||||||||||||||||
1973–1975 | Olympique Avignonais | 65 | (51) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1958–1964 | Czechoslovakia | 36 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Adolf Scherer (5 May 1938 – 22 July 2023) was a Slovak footballer who played as a striker. He was of Carpathian German descent. He played 36 games and scored 22 goals for the Czechoslovakia national team.[1] Scherer represented Czechoslovakia at the 1960 European Nations' Cup and 1958 FIFA World Cup, where he did not play any match.
In the 1962 FIFA World Cup, he again played for the Czechoslovak national team where he proved himself to be a valuable player. They made it to the final match against Brazil, and Scherer assisted Josef Masopust in Czechoslovakia's first and only goal of the game. Brazil ultimately won the match, subsequently scoring three more.
Throughout the tournament, Scherer scored a total of three goals, including a winning goal in the quarterfinal against Hungary and a late goal against Yugoslavia in the semifinal.[2]
In 1973, Scherer emigrated from Czechoslovakia to France, where he played for French football club Olympique Avignonais until his retirement in 1975.
He lived in southern France, near Nîmes with his wife. He had two children, a daughter and a son. His son, Rudolf (also known as 'Tcheck'), is, like his father, well involved in football. He played for various clubs including Nîmes Olympique. Rudolf now trains Barbentane football club, a city near Avignon.
Scherer died on 22 July 2023, at the age of 85.[3]
References
- ^ Adolf Scherer at FAČR (in Czech)
- ^ FIFA Profile
- ^ "NÎMES OLYMPIQUE L'ancien joueur Adolf Scherer est décédé". Objectif Gard (in French). Retrieved 22 July 2023.
External links
- Adolf Scherer at FAČR (also at old FAČR website) (in Czech)
- 1938 births
- 2023 deaths
- Slovak people of German descent
- Sportspeople from Martin, Slovakia
- Slovak men's footballers
- Footballers from the Žilina Region
- Czechoslovak men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Czechoslovakia men's international footballers
- 1958 FIFA World Cup players
- 1962 FIFA World Cup players
- FK Inter Bratislava players
- Nîmes Olympique players
- FC Lokomotíva Košice players
- FC VSS Košice players
- AC Avignonnais players
- Ligue 1 players
- Czechoslovak expatriate men's footballers
- Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Czechoslovak emigrants to France
- Czechoslovak defectors
- Slovak football forward stubs
- Czechoslovak football biography stubs