Jozef Bomba

{{short description|Slovak footballer}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|3|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bardejov, Slovak Republic

| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|10|27|1939|3|30|df=y}}

| death_place = Košice, Slovakia

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| position = Centre back, Right back

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Slavoj Bardejov

| years1 = 1957–1959 | clubs1 = Tatran Prešov | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1959–1961 | clubs2 = RH Brno | caps2 = 39 | goals2 = 2

| years3 = 1961–1966 | clubs3 = Tatran Prešov | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 1967–1972 | clubs4 = VSS Košice | caps4 = | goals4 =

| totalcaps = 279 | totalgoals = 8

| nationalyears1 = 1960–1970 | nationalteam1 = Czechoslovakia | nationalcaps1 = 13 | nationalgoals1 = 0

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Jozef Bomba (30 March 1939 – 27 October 2005) was a Slovak football defender. He impressed as a fast sprinter and excellent athletic footballer. During his career he played 279 matches and scored 8 goals in the Czechoslovak First League. Internationally he played for Czechoslovakia, making 8 appearances without scoring between 1960 and 1970.{{cite book|first=Luboš|last=Jeřábek|title=Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů|publisher=Grada Publishing|language=cs|year=2007|location=Prague, Czech Republic|isbn=978-80-247-1656-5|page=23}}

Career

On 1 May 1960, Bomba made his international debut for Czechoslovakia against Austria, playing at right back in the 4–0 home win in Prague.{{cite news| date = 2 May 1960| title = Československo-Rakousko 4:0| page = 4 | url = https://archiv.ucl.cas.cz/index.php?path=RudePravo/1960/5/2/4.png| work = Rudé právo| location = Prague | language = cs | access-date = 13 August 2024}} He was part of the Czechoslovakia squad at the 1962 FIFA World Cup that finished as runners-up but he did not play in any match.

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