Josef Paleček

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Josef Paleček

| position = Forward

| image = Josef Paleček - Czech national ice hockey team IHWC 2012.jpg

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| image_size = 230px

| ntl_team = Czech Republic

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1949|05|05}}

| shoots = Left

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| career_start = 1971

| career_end = 1987

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Josef Paleček (born May 5, 1949) is a Czech former ice hockey player who is known as a head coach in the Czech Extraliga, and as an assistant coach for the Czech Republic men's national ice hockey teams at the 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2011 IIHF World Championships.

International career

Paleček played with the Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team at the 1972, 1973, and 1974 World Ice Hockey Championships, where he help his team win gold, bronze, and silver medals.{{cite book |last=IIHF|title=IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011|year=2010 |publisher=Moydart Press |page= 483|isbn= 978-0-9867964-0-1}}