Anton Švajlen

Anton Švajlen
Personal information
Date of birth	3 December 1937 (age 87)
Place of birth	Solčany, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1959–1974	VSS Košice
International career
1960–1966	Czechoslovakia B
1964–1968	Czechoslovakia Olympic
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anton Švajlen (born 3 December 1937) is a Slovak former football goalkeeper who played over 300 games in the Czechoslovak First League for VSS Košice between 1959 and 1975. He competed for Czechoslovakia at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where he won a silver medal in the team competition.^[1] Švajlen played five matches for the Czechoslovakia Olympic Team (one at the 1964 Olympics) and three matches for the Czechoslovakia national football B team, but he never played for the first team.

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During his 14 seasons at the Czechoslovak First League he made 336 appearances (214 without substitution). Švajlen was also known as penalty taker. He scored 11 league goals during his club career,^[2] all penalties, including five in the 1964–65 Czechoslovak First League.^[3] He additionally scored a penalty in a UEFA Cup match against Spartak Moscow in a 2–1 Košice win, although the aggregate score of 2–3 resulted in Spartak progressing in the tournament.^[4]

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[1]
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anton Švajlen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
[2]
"Brankář střelcem! Ale gól Sňozíka netěšil". fotbal.idnes.cz (in Czech). 25 November 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
[3]
Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague: Grada Publishing. p. 200. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
[4]
"History: Košice 2-1 Spartak Moskva". uefa.com. Retrieved 9 July 2024.