Alexander Vencel (footballer, born 1944)

{{Short description|Slovak footballer (born 1944)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alexander Vencel

| image =

| caption = Vencel in 1967

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|2|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nagyilva, Kingdom of Hungary (now Ilva Mare, Romania)

| height = 1.83 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = TJ Diakovce

| youthyears2 = 1958–1960

| youthclubs2 = TJ Dimitrov Bratislava

| youthyears3 = 1960–1963

| youthclubs3 = Slovan Bratislava

| years1 = 1963–1965

| clubs1 = Dukla Komárno

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1965–1977

| clubs2 = Slovan Bratislava

| caps2 = 321

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1977–1979

| clubs3 = Plastika Nitra

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 1980–1982

| clubs4 = Slovan Wien

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 =

| nationalyears1 = 1965–1977

| nationalteam1 = Czechoslovakia

| nationalcaps1 = 25

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|Czechoslovakia}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Championship}}

{{Medal|Winner|1976 Yugoslavia|}}

}}

Alexander Vencel (born 8 February 1944) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made 25 appearances for Czechoslovakia.[http://www.fotbal.cz/c/nat/players/viewstat.asp?name=VencelAlexanderst Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004950/http://www.fotbal.cz/c/nat/players/viewstat.asp?name=VencelAlexanderst |date=27 September 2007 }} at ČMFS website

He was a participant in the 1970 FIFA World Cup,[https://web.archive.org/web/20121108031138/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=59549/index.html Alexander Vencel Statistics] FIFA. Retrieved 3 February 2010. and in the 1976 UEFA European Championship, where Czechoslovakia won the gold medal.

He played mostly for Slovan Bratislava.

His son, Alexander Vencel Jr., also a goalkeeper, won a number of caps for Slovakia in the mid-1990s.