Oldřich Nejedlý
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Full name | Oldřich Nejedlý | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 26 December 1909 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth |
Žebrák, Austria-Hungary | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 11 June 1990 | (aged 80)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Rakovník, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Inside Left | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1920–1924 | Spartak Zebrak | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1924–1925 | Čechoslovan Košíře | ||||||||||||||||
1925–1926 | Spartak Žebrák | ||||||||||||||||
1926–1931 | SK Rakovník | ||||||||||||||||
1931–1941 |
Sparta Prague | 187 | (162) | ||||||||||||||
1941–1950 | SK Rakovník | 38 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
1950–1956 | Spartak Žebrák | ||||||||||||||||
Total | 225 | (180) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1931–1939 | Czechoslovakia | 44 | (29) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Oldřich Nejedlý (26 December 1909 – 11 June 1990) was a
Club career
Nejedlý played for
International career
For Czechoslovakia, Nejedlý scored 29 goals in 44 games. He was awarded the Bronze Ball in the 1934 World Cup as the third most outstanding player of the tournament and was voted into the All-Star Team of the tournament. He would have gone on to play more games and score more goals for the Czechoslovakia had he not broken his leg in the 1938 World Cup which effectively ended his International career.
Furthermore, he was a participant in two World Cups, in 1934 in Italy and 1938 in France. Nejedlý was the outright top scorer in the 1934 World Cup with five goals. This has been officially recognized by FIFA since November 2006, as he was initially credited with only four, making him joint top scorer with Angelo Schiavio and Edmund Conen.[2] He also scored two goals in the 1938 World Cup.
Nejedlý died in 1990, aged 80, while the 1990 FIFA World Cup was being played, a tournament which, as the 1934 edition, took place in Italy.
Career statistics
International
Czechoslovakia | ||
Year | Apps | Goals |
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1931 | 1 | 1 |
1932 | 6 | 3 |
1933 | 5 | 1 |
1934 | 9 | 9 |
1935 | 4 | 2 |
1936 | 4 | 1 |
1937 | 6 | 5 |
1938 | 8 | 6 |
1939 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 44 | 29 |
References
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Oldřich Nejedlý (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "American Bert Patenaude credited with first hat trick in FIFA World Cup™ history". FIFA. Archived from the original on 16 November 2006. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- ^ Oldřich Nejedlý at FAČR (in Czech)
External links
- Oldřich Nejedlý at FAČR (also at old FAČR website) (in Czech)
- Oldřich Nejedlý Biography (in Czech)