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Alexander Vencel
Personal information
Date of birth (1944-02-08) 8 February 1944 (age 80)
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
Representing  Czechoslovakia
UEFA European Championship
Winner 1976 Yugoslavia
*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.

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[1]
National team Year Apps Goals
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

References

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  1. ^ a b Alexander Vencel at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ Profile Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine at ČMFS website
  3. ^ Alexander Vencel Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 3 February 2010.