Pavol Bencz

Pavol Bencz

Personal information
Date of birth	25 June 1936
Place of birth	Czechoslovakia
Date of death	18 April 2012 (aged 75)
Place of death	Trenčín, Slovakia
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1960–1969	Jednota Trenčín
1968–1969	ZVL Žilina
National team
1959–1965	Czechoslovakia B	4	(2)
1964	Czechoslovakia	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Pavol Bencz (25 June 1936 – 18 April 2012) was a football player. He played for the Czechoslovakia national team and was the top scorer of the 1964–65 Czechoslovak First League, with 21 goals.^[1] As well as playing for his national team, he also scored twice in four appearances for Czechoslovakia B.^[2] He scored a total of 82 league goals in 182 matches, playing his club football for Jednota Trenčín and ZVL Žilina.^[2] Bencz died in Trenčín at the age of 75 on 18 April 2012.^[3]

References

1. Jeřábek, p. 232.
2. Jeřábek, p. 17.
3. "Zomrel bývalý reprezentant Pavol Bencz". sme.sk (in Slovak). 20 April 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

Cited texts

• Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubů. Prague: Grada Publishing. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.

External links

• Pavol Bencz international stats at the Football Association of the Czech Republic website (Czech)
• Pavol Bencz at National-Football-Teams.com