Josef Vojta

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|4|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Plzeň, Czechoslovakia

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| position = Midfielder

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Josef Vojta (19 April 1935 – 6 March 2023){{cite web|url=https://sparta.cz/cs/clanek/zemrel-josef-vojta-40629|title=Zemřel Josef Vojta|language=cs|publisher=AC Sparta Prague|date=6 March 2023|access-date=6 March 2023}} was a Czechoslovak football player.

Career

His youth football career started in FK Ústí nad Labem. During his professional club career he played most of the time (1960–1968) for Sparta Prague in Czechoslovak First League. Between 1960 and 1968 he made 351 league appearances and scored 77 goals from his position of midfielder. He earned 13 caps and scored 3 goals for the Czechoslovakia national team, and was part of the bronze team at the UEFA Euro 1960, and also won a silver medal in Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Vojta was famous for his hard style of playing – he was the "hardest footballer" in the 1960s in Czechoslovakia. And also, he was famous for his versatility, because his position on field could be attacker or midfielder same as defender. After leaving Sparta Prague in 1968, he played in FK Chomutov, FK Meteor Prague and other smaller Czech football clubs. He ended up with his professional career in the end of 1970s. Vojta still played football for Formal Sparta Prague players team. In 2010, he was elected to Sparta Prague Hall of Fame.

Honours

Sparta Prague

Czechoslovak First League: 1964–65, 1966–67
Czechoslovak Cup: 1964
Mitropa Cup: 1964

Czechoslovakia

UEFA Euro 1960: Bronze medal
1964 Summer Olympics: Silver medal

References

External links

{{FACR player}}
{{EU-Football.info|22336}}
[http://www.spartaforever.cz/ukaz_clanek.php?clanek=2882 Interview with Josef Vojta] (Czech)
{{Olympics.com profile|josef-vojta}}
{{SR/Olympics profile|vo/josef-vojta-1}}

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Category:1935 births

Category:2023 deaths

Category:Czech men's footballers

Category:Czechoslovak men's footballers

Category:Czechoslovakia men's international footballers