Anton Flešár

{{Short description|Slovak footballer (1944–2024)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}

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| name = Anton Flešár

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| caption = Flešár with Czechoslovakia

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1944|5|8}}

| birth_place = Stropkov, Slovak Republic

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2024|4|11|1944|5|8}}

| death_place = Košice

| height =

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Stropkov

| years1 = 1962–1964

| clubs1 = Partizán Bardejov

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1964–1966

| clubs2 = Dukla Prague

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1966–1979

| clubs3 = Lokomotíva Košice

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| goals3 =

| years4 = 1979–1984

| clubs4 = VSŽ Košice

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| goals4 =

| nationalyears1 = 1970–1972

| nationalteam1 = Czechoslovakia

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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Anton Flešár (8 May 1944 – 11 April 2024) was a Slovak footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was sometimes deployed as a forward in the Czechoslovak Cup. His breakthrough came in Lokomotíva Košice where he spent most of his career. He overall made 260 appearances at the Czechoslovak First League. Flešár earned two caps for the Czechoslovakia national team debuting against Luxembourg on 9 May 1970. He was a third choice of Czechoslovak manager Jozef Marko at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. Flešár died in Košice on 11 April 2024, at the age of 79.{{cite news |title=Zemřel účastník mistrovství světa a mistr ligy s Duklou. Bylo mu 79 let |url=https://tn.nova.cz/sport/clanek/550855-zemrel-ucastnik-mistrovstvi-sveta-a-mistr-ligy-s-duklou-bylo-mu-79-let |access-date=14 April 2024 |publisher=TN |date=13 April 2024}}

Honours

Dukla Prague

Lokomotíva Košice

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