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František Svoboda

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František Svoboda
Personal information
Date of birth (1906-08-05)5 August 1906
Place of birth Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 6 July 1948(1948-07-06) (aged 41)
Place of death Czechoslovakia
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1926 Rapid Vinohrady
1926–1940 Slavia Prague (101)
1940–1941 Viktoria Žižkov
International career
1926–1937 Czechoslovakia 43 (22)
Medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Men's Football
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1934 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

František Svoboda (5 August 1906 – 6 July 1948) was a Czech football player who played as a striker. His nickname was "Franci" (the French).[1]

Club career

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He started his career with Vinohrady Rapid, from where he moved to Slavia Prague in 1926, and with them he was the Champions of Czechoslovakia 8 times, played a pivotal role in helping the club to win 8 national league titles, scoring 101 league goals in his 14 years at the club and being the top goalscorer of the 1934–35 season with 27 goals.[2][1] He remained in Slavia until 1940, after which he succeeded Viktoria Zizkov.

Svoboda enjoyed great fame in his playing days, being a respected and feared striker throughout Europe. Svoboda was a very strong and muscular player, but despite being robust in stature, his movement was elegant and he excelled especially at rocket shots even from great distances, becoming known for his goals from long range.[1]

International career

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He played 43 matches in 10 years for the Czechoslovakia national team, scoring 22 goals, and he was a member of the team that reached the final of the 1934 FIFA World Cup, playing in three matches and scoring a goal in the match against Switzerland.[3][1] Half of his international tally came in the Central European Cup, and with those 11 goals, he is the fourth all-time top goal scorer in the competition's history.

International goals

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Czechoslovakia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Svoboda goal.
International goals by cap, date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition[4][5]
No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2 2 January 1927 Stade de Sclessin, Liège, Belgium  Belgium
1–0
3–2 Friendly
2
3–1
3 4 24 April 1927 Stadion Letná, Prague, Czechoslovakia  Hungary
3–0
4–1
4 8 23 October 1927  Italy
1–1
2–2 1927–30 Central European Cup
5
2–1
6 9 28 October 1927  Yugoslavia
2–1
5–3 Friendly
7
5–3
8 12 3 March 1929 Stadio Littoriale, Bologna, Italy  Italy
2–2
2–4 1927–30 Central European Cup
9 13 17 March 1929 Stadion Letná, Prague, Czechoslovakia  Austria
3–2
3–3 Friendly
10 15 8 September 1929  Hungary
1–0
1–1 1927–30 Central European Cup
11 17 6 October 1929   Switzerland
3–0
5–0
12 20 23 March 1930  Austria
1–1
2–2 Friendly
13 23 13 June 1930  Spain
2–0
2–0
14 27 22 March 1931  Hungary
1–2
3–3 1931–32 Central European Cup
15
3–3
16 30 15 November 1931 Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome, Italy  Italy
1–1
2–2
17
2–2
18 32 22 May 1932 Stadion Letná, Prague, Czechoslovakia  Austria
1–1
1–1
19 35 10 June 1933  France
3–0
4–0 Friendly
20 36 25 March 1934 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France  France
1–1
2–1
21 37 31 May 1934 Stadio Benito Mussolini, Turin, Italy   Switzerland
1–1
3–2 1934 World Cup quarter-final
22 42 21 February 1937 Stadion Letná, Prague, Czechoslovakia   Switzerland
3–1
5–2 1936–38 Central European Cup

Honours

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Club

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Slavia Prague

Czechoslovak First League:

International

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Czechoslovakia

World Cup:

  • Runners-up (1): 1934

Central European Cup:

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "František SVOBODA 1932-1936". Pes Miti del Calcio. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Czechoslovakia 1925-1938". RSSSF. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  3. ^ František Svoboda at FAČR (in Czech)
  4. ^ "Frantisek Svoboda - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  5. ^ "František Svoboda". football.eu. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
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