Adolf Scherer

Adolf Scherer

Adolf Scherer in 1962
Personal information
Date of birth	(1938-05-05) 5 May 1938
Place of birth	Priekopa, Czechoslovakia (today part of Martin, Slovakia)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1962	CH Bratislava		(72)
1962–1965	Slovnaft Bratislava		(27)
1965–1967	Lokomotíva Košice		(3)
1967–1969	VSS Košice		(26)
1969–1972	Nîmes Olympique
1972	Strojárne Martin
1973–1975	Olympique Avignonais
International career
1958–1964	Czechoslovakia	36	(22)
Medal record Men's football Representing Czechoslovakia FIFA World Cup Runner-up 1962 Chile
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adolf Scherer (born 5 May 1938) is a former Slovak footballer. He is of Carpathian German descent. He played 36 games and scored 22 goals for the Czechoslovakia national football team. 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 Scherer scored 3 goals, Czechoslovakia finished second.

In 1973 Scherer defected from communist Czechoslovakia to France, an illegal deed in the communist Czechoslovak system. After his emigration communist authorities in Czechoslovakia erased his name from official records and statistics.

He now lives in the 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.

He will be remembered as a key player during the World Cup in 1962 when he scored the winning goal in the quarterfinal against Hungary and his late goal in the semifinal 3–1 derby against Yugoslavia. They eventually lost against the Brazilian team in the final (3–1).