Anton Švajlen
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Anton Švajlen (born 3 December 1937 in Solčany, Czechoslovakia) is a former Slovak football goalkeeper who played for Topoľčany, Trenčín, Prievidza, Brezno and mostly for VSS Košice (1959–1975). He won the Olympic silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He played 5 matches for the Czechoslovakia Olympic Team (one at the 1964 Olympics) and 3 matches for the Czechoslovakia national football B team but he never played for the first team.
During his 14 seasons at the Czechoslovak First League he made 336 appearances (214 without substitution). Švajlen was also known as penalty taker. He scored 11 goals during his career.[1]
References
- ^ "Brankář střelcem! Ale gól Sňozíka netěšil" (in Czech). Retrieved 30 March 2011.
External links
- Anton Švajlen at databaseOlympics.com
- Profile at Sports-reference.com
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- 1937 births
- Living people
- Slovak footballers
- Czechoslovak footballers
- MFK Košice players
- Association football goalkeepers
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- Olympic footballers of Czechoslovakia
- Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia
- Olympic medalists in football
- Slovak football goalkeeper stubs
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics