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Ivan Mráz (24 May 1941 – 18 May 2024) was a Czechoslovak football player and manager. A forward, he competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. Scored five goals in that Olympics Football Tournament.[1] Besides Czechoslovakia, he played in the Netherlands.[2] Mráz later suffered from Alzheimer's disease. He died at Saint Paul's Hospital in Heredia, Costa Rica, on 18 May 2024, at the age of 82, six days before his 83rd birthday.[3]
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 May 1941 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Levoča, Slovak Republic | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 May 2024 (aged 82) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Heredia, Costa Rica | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1959–1963 | Slovan Bratislava | 42 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 1963–1965 | Spartak Praha Sokolovo | 61 | (28) | ||||||||||||||
| 1966 | Dukla Prague | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1967–1968 | Sparta ČKD Praha | 41 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
| 1969–1970 | Maastricht | ||||||||||||||||
| 1971 | Dukla Prague | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1965 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1975 | Sparta Prague | ||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1981 | Alajuelense | ||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | Costa Rica | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1994 | Alajuelense | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–? | UCR | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Remembered as Liga Deportiva Alajuelense's manager and team coach where he won two Costa Rican national titles in 1980 and 1991. In 1980 was the coach of National Team of Costa Rica.
In December 2010, Mráz was appointed a coach of CF Universidad de Costa Rica.[4]
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