Jaroslav Pollák
{{Short description|Slovak footballer (1947–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jaroslav Pollák
| image = Jaroslav Pollák.jpg
| caption = Pollák at the 1970 FIFA World Cup
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1947|7|11|}}
| birth_place = Nižný Medzev, Czechoslovakia
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|6|26|1947|7|11|df=y}}
| death_place = Košice, Slovakia
| height = {{height|m=1.76|precision=0}}
| position = Midfielder
| years1 = 1965–1977
| clubs1 = VSS Košice
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1977–1979
| clubs2 = Dukla Banská Bystrica
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 1979–1980
| clubs3 = Sparta Prague
| caps3 = 40
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 1981–1983
| clubs4 = Austria Salzburg
| caps4 = 65
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 1983–1988
| clubs5 = ZŤS Košice
| caps5 =
| goals5 =
| totalcaps = 105
| totalgoals = 2
| nationalyears1 = 1968–1980
| nationalteam1 = Czechoslovakia
| nationalcaps1 = 49
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1 =
| managerclubs1 =
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|Czechoslovakia}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Championship}}
{{Medal|Winner|1976 Yugoslavia|}}
}}
Jaroslav Pollák (11 July 1947 – 26 June 2020) was a Slovak footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Czechoslovakia national team in 49 matches and scored one goal.
He was a participant at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, where he played in a match against England, at Euro 1976, where his team won the gold medal, and also at Euro 1980.
Pollák played for more than 10 years for FC VSS Košice.{{Cite web |url=http://slovakfutball.com/futbalisti1/pollak.htm |title=Jaroslav Pollak |access-date=2010-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228050107/http://www.slovakfutball.com/futbalisti1/pollak.htm |archive-date=2009-02-28 |url-status=dead }}
Death
Pollák died on 26 June 2020 at the age of 72.{{cite web|url=https://www.sport.cz/fotbal/ostatni/clanek/1485179-zemrel-ceskoslovensky-fotbalovy-mistr-evropy-pollak-hvezda-kosic-i-sparty.html|title =Zemřel československý fotbalový mistr Evropy Pollák, hvězda Košic i Sparty|date=26 June 2020|work=sport.cz|access-date=26 June 2020}}
Honours
;Czechoslovakia
;Individual
References
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{{UEFA Euro 1976 Team of the Tournament}}
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Category:Slovak men's footballers
Category:Czechoslovak men's footballers
Category:FC VSS Košice players
Category:AC Sparta Prague players
Category:1970 FIFA World Cup players
Category:UEFA Euro 1976 players
Category:UEFA Euro 1980 players
Category:UEFA European Championship–winning players
Category:Czechoslovakia men's international footballers
Category:Czechoslovak expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Category:Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:People from Košice-okolie District
Category:Footballers from the Košice Region
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Category:FK Dukla Banská Bystrica players
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