Antonín Puč
Czech footballer (1907–1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antonín Puč (16 May 1907 – 18 April 1988) was a Czech footballer who played as a forward; he is the all-time leading scorer for the Czechoslovak national team.
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Date of birth | (1907-05-16)16 May 1907 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Jinonice, Austria-Hungary | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 18 April 1988(1988-04-18) (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Prague, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger, Striker | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1913–1920 | Čechie Smíchov | ||||||||||||||||
1920–1925 | SK Smíchov | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1925 | SK Smíchov | ||||||||||||||||
1925–1938 | Slavia Prague | 146 | (112) | ||||||||||||||
1938–1940 | Viktoria Žižkov | 20 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
1940–1941 | SK Smíchov | ||||||||||||||||
Total | 166 | (123) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1926–1938[1] | Czechoslovakia | 60 | (34) | ||||||||||||||
1939[1] | Bohemia and Moravia | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
1943–1944 | SK Nusle | ||||||||||||||||
1945–1946 | Čechie Karlín | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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Puč's international career lasted from 1926 to 1939; in that time, he played 61 matches for Czechoslovakia, scoring 35 goals. He played for Czechoslovakia in the 1934 FIFA World Cup scoring two goals, including one in the final, a 2–1 loss against Italy, and also played in the 1938 edition.[2] Puč spent most of his club career with Slavia Prague.[3]
After the split of the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia and the corresponding national teams, Jan Koller surpassed Puč's record in 2005. Puč died in 1988 aged 80.