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Vlastimil Kopecký

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Vlastimil Kopecký
Personal information
Date of birth (1912-10-14)14 October 1912
Place of birth Vilémov, Austrian-Hungarian Empire
Date of death 30 July 1967(1967-07-30) (aged 54)
Place of death Hlinsko, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1927–1932 Rapid Vinohrady 10 (13)
1932–1951 Slavia Prague 325 (252)
Total 335 (265)
International career
1932–1948 Czechoslovakia 26 (5)
1939 Bohemia 3 (3[1])
Managerial career
1959 Slavia Prague
Medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Men's Football
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1934 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vlastimil Kopecký (14 October 1912 – 30 July 1967) was a Czech football player. He played 26 games for Czechoslovakia, scoring eight goals. He was a participant in the 1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cups.

Club career

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There were rumours that Kopecky was to transfer to Slavia Prague or Sparta Prague from Rapid Vinohrady in early November 1931. However in mid-November, Rapid announced that he was not to do so. Playing for Slavia Prague, he scored 252 league goals in 325 matches (1932-1950). He twice scored five goals in a single match for Slavia.[2] He is the second highest Czech league goalscorer in history, only Josef Bican has scored more goals in the Czech league.

He suffered a heart attack on the pitch in a friendly match against SK Hlinsko Old Boys. Slavia Prague Old Boys won 4-2, but in the midst of the game, Kopecký collapsed to the floor and František Plánička tried to revive him. Kopecký was already gone, a second attempt to revive him at a polyclinic in Hlinsko, but again it was too late.[3][4]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition. Official games are included in this table.[5][6]
Club Season Czech First League Czech Cup[a] Mitropa Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rapid Vinohrady 1930/1931 5 8 0 0 0 0 5 8
1931/1932 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 3
Slavia Prague 1931–32 5 5 2+ 3+ 4 3 6+ 6+
1932–33 18 10 2+ 1+ 2 2 21+ 13+
1933–34 15 16 0 0 1 0 16 16
1934–35 16 11 2+ 4+ 5 3 23+ 18+
1935–36 25 16 3+ 1+ 4 1 32+ 18+
1936–37 21 28 1+ 0+ 2 0 24+ 28+
1937–38 18 9 0 0 8 1 26 10
1938–39 21 20 0 0 2 0 23 24
1939–40 22 25 1+ 1+ 0 0 23+ 26+
1940–41 20 21 8+ 14+ 0 0 28+ 35+
1941–42 21 18 6+ 10+ 0 0 28+ 28+
1942–43 14 13 4+ 4+ 0 0 18+ 17+
1943–44 24 20 0 0 0 0 24 20
1944–45 0 0 7 2 0 0 7 2
1945–46 16 10 3+ 0+ 0 0 19+ 10+
1946–47 13 6 0 0 0 0 13 6
1947–48 9 2 1+ 1+ 0 0 9 2
1948 11 5 0 0 0 0 11 5
1949 21 5 0 0 0 0 21 5
1950 12 5 0 0 0 0 19 5
Total 327 263 41+ 41+ 28 10 396+ 314+

Style of play

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Josef Bican commented on his and Vlastimil's relationship on the field; "We understood each other perfectly: we were, as it were, connected mentally. Whenever Vlasta had the ball at his feet, I felt what he was going to do with it, and he felt the same when I had the ball. It was simple and logical. I knew that he would handle the ball in the way that was most beneficial for the team at that moment, and I arranged accordingly. He was the best technician I ever met. We passed without even looking.[7]

Honours

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Notes

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  1. ^ Includes Bohemian Cup

References

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  1. ^ https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=11009 [bare URL]
  2. ^ "Koloušek má první hattrick - Pepi Bican jich zvládl sedmadvacet" [Koloušek's first hat-trick - Pepi Bican mastered them with twenty-seven] (in Czech). Slavia Magazin. 4 September 2004.
  3. ^ https://archiv.ucl.cas.cz/index.php?path=RudePravo/1967/7/31/3.png [bare URL image file]
  4. ^ "Národní listy".
  5. ^ "Digitální knihovna Kramerius". www.digitalniknihovna.cz.
  6. ^ "index2". www.slavistickahistorie.cz.
  7. ^ "Před 105 lety se narodil legendární slávista Vlasta Kopecký".
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