Vlastimil Kopecký

Vlastimil Kopecký

Personal information
Date of birth	14 October 1912
Place of birth	Vilémov, Austrian-Hungarian Empire
Date of death	31 July 1967 (aged 54)
Place of death	Hlinsko, Czechoslovakia
Playing position	Manager (former Striker)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1927–1932	Rapid Vinohrady
1932–1951	Slavia Prague	325	(252)
National team
1932–1948	Czechoslovakia	26	(8)
Teams managed
1959	Slavia Prague
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Vlastimil Kopecký (14 October 1912 — 31 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.

In his country he played for Slavia Prague, for which he scored 252 league goals in 325 matches (1931/32-1950). He twice scored five goals in a single match for Slavia.^[1] He is the second highest Czech league goalscorer in history, only Josef Bican has scored more goals in the Czech league. Died of a heart attack on football pitch.

References

1. "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.

• Houška, Vítězslav (1996). Slavné postavy Slavie a Sparty [Famous figures from Slavia and Sparta]. Riopress.
• Šálek, Zdeněk (1980). Slavné nohy: českoslovenští fotbaloví reprezentanti [Famous feet: Czechoslovakia national football team players]. Práce.
• Vaněk, Karel (1984). Malá encyklopedie fotbalu [Small football encyclopedia]. Olympia.

External links

• Vlastimil Kopecký – FIFA competition record
• (Czech) Profile at Slavia Praha website
• (Czech) ČMFS entry