Marián Masný

Marián Masný

Personal information
Date of birth	13 August 1950
Place of birth	Rybany, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1970–1972	Dukla Banská Bystrica
1972–1983	Slovan Bratislava
1983–1984	SC Neusiedl am See
1984–1985	ZŤS Petržalka
National team
1974–1982	Czechoslovakia	75	(18)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Marián Masný (born 13 August 1950 in Rybany) is a Slovak former football player. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 75 matches and scored 18 goals.

He was a participant at the 1976 UEFA European Championship, where Czechoslovakia won the gold medal, and at the 1980 UEFA European Championship where they came third and at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Masný started out at amateur football clubs Jednota Trenčin and then Dukla Banska Bystrica before joining professional team played Slovan Bratislava. He played most of his career for Slovan Bratislava from 1968 to 1989 and also played briefly for Petržalka before he retired in 1990.

Kevin Keegan described Masny as "one of the world's most skilful wingers".^[1] Masny created two goals in a three-minute spell against Keegan's England squad in a European championship match in Bratislava, 1975.

Honours

• Czechoslovak First League Winners (2): 1974 & 1975.
• Slovenský Pohár Winners (6): 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1983 & 1989.
• Czechoslovak Cup Winners (2): 1974 & 1982.
• Ciutat de Barcelona Trophy Winner (1): 1974.

References

• Marián Masný international stats at the Football Association of the Czech Republic website (Czech)
• Voted in top 10 World Player of the Year
• Voted in top 20 World Player of the Year
• Caps and Goals National Team
• Marián Masný Profile
• Voted into Slovak Team of the Century

1. Kevin Keegan (with Mike Langley): Against the World, Book Club Associates, 1979.