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Antonín Panenka
Czech footballer (born 1948) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Antonín Panenka (born 2 December 1948) is a Czech retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He spent most of his career at Czechoslovak club Bohemians Prague before having spells with various Austrian clubs including Rapid Wien. Panenka won UEFA Euro 1976 with Czechoslovakia and gained recognition for his winning penalty kick in the shoot-out of the final against West Germany, where he scored with a softly-chipped ball up the middle of the goal as the goalkeeper dived away. This style of penalty is now known as a panenka.[2] In 1980, he won Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year and his team finished third at Euro 1980.
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Full name | Antonín Panenka | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1948-12-02) 2 December 1948 (age 75) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Prague, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Bohemians Prague (chairman) | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1958–1967 | Bohemians Prague | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1967–1981 | Bohemians Prague | 230 | (76) | ||||||||||||||
1981–1985 | Rapid Wien | 127 | (63) | ||||||||||||||
1985–1987 | VSE St. Pölten | ||||||||||||||||
1987–1989 | SK Slovan Wien | ||||||||||||||||
1989–1991 | ASV Hohenau | ||||||||||||||||
1991–1993 | Kleinwiesendorf | ||||||||||||||||
Total | 357 | (139) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1973–1982[1] | Czechoslovakia | 59 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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