Jiří Čadek

{{Short description|Czech footballer (1935–2021)}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jiří Čadek

| image = Jiří Čadek 2015.JPG

| upright = 0.8

| caption = Čadek in 2015

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1935|12|7}}

| birth_place = Pavlíkov, Czechoslovakia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|12|20|1935|12|07|df=y}}

| death_place =

| height =

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1950

| youthclubs1 = Sokol Pavlíkov

| youthyears2 = 1950–1951

| youthclubs2 = Spartak Strakonice

| years1 = 1952–1954

| clubs1 = Avia Čakovice

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1954–1971

| clubs2 = Dukla Prague

| caps2 = 331

| goals2 = 0

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 =

| nationalyears1 = 1957–1958

| nationalteam1 = Czechoslovakia

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Jiří Čadek (7 December 1935 – 20 December 2021) was a Czech footballer who played as a defender.

Čadek played his whole professional career for Dukla Prague. He appeared in 328 league matches, though he never scored a league goal. During his career at Dukla, Čadek won the Czechoslovak First League seven times and the Czechoslovak Cup three times.

Čadek was a member of the Czechoslovakia national team and played at the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden, where he appeared in the match against Northern Ireland.

He died on 20 December 2021, at the age of 86.{{cite web|title=Zemřela legenda Dukly Čadek|url=https://www.sport.cz/clanek/fotbal-ostatni-zemrela-legenda-dukly-cadek-3004015|website=sport.cz |date=20 December 2021|access-date=20 December 2021}}