Václav Sršeň

Václav Sršeň
Personal information
Date of birth	7 June 1925
Place of birth	Buštěhrad, Czechoslovakia
Date of death	30 November 1996 (aged 71)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1942–1947	SK Kladno
1948–1949	ATK Prague
1949	Sokol SONP Kladno
1951	Svit Gottwaldov
1952–1958	SONP/Baník Kladno
International career
1948	Czechoslovakia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Václav Sršeň (7 June 1925 – 30 November 1996) was a footballer. A forward, he played for Czechoslovakia, representing his country once in 1948. He made 217 appearances in the Czechoslovak First League, scoring 85 goals, between 1942 and 1958.^[1] Among other teams, he played for ATK Prague at club level.^[2]

Sršeň made his national team debut on 4 July 1948 in a match against Romania in Bucharest. He was the first player from ATK Prague to represent the national team.^[3]

After football

Due to him speaking out against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia, Sršeň lost his job and was unable to continue with football coaching. After 1989 he ran a Konditorei in Buštěhrad with his daughter, Olga, until his death following a short and severe illness in 1996.^[4]

References

^ Jeřábek 2006, p. 187.
^ Pivoda 2013, p. 81.
^ Pivoda 2013, p. 76.
^ "VZPOMÍNÁME" [WE REMEMBER] (PDF). Buštěhradský zpravodaj (in Czech). Vol. 29, no. 3. Buštěhrad. 2005. p. 27. Retrieved 17 March 2024.

Bibliography

Jeřábek, Luboš (2006). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing.
ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5
.