Vlastimil Kopecký
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Vlastimil Kopecký
| image = Vlastimil Kopecky.jpg
| fullname =
| height = 167cm
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1912|10|14}}
| birth_place = Vilémov, Austrian-Hungarian Empire
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1967|7|30|1912|10|14}}
| death_place = Hlinsko, Czechoslovakia
| position = Striker
| years1 = 1927–1932
| caps1 = 10
| goals1 = 13
| clubs1 = Rapid Vinohrady
| years2 = 1932–1951
| caps2 = 325
| goals2 = 252
| clubs2 = Slavia Prague
|totalcaps = 335
|totalgoals = 265
| nationalyears1 = 1932–1948
| nationalteam1 = Czechoslovakia
| nationalcaps1 = 26
| nationalgoals1 = 5
| nationalyears2 = 1939
| nationalteam2 = Bohemia
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 3{{cite web | url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=11009 | title=Vlastimil Kopecký, international footballer }}
| manageryears1 = 1959
| managerclubs1 = Slavia Prague
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{TCH}}}}
{{MedalSport | Men's Football}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIFA World Cup}}
{{Medal|Runnerup|1934 Italy|}}
}}
Vlastimil Kopecký (14 October 1912 – 30 July 1967) was a Czech football player. He played 26 games for Czechoslovakia, scoring eight goals. He was a participant in the 1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cups.
Club career
There were rumours that Kopecky was to transfer to Slavia Prague or Sparta Prague from Rapid Vinohrady in early November 1931. However in mid-November, Rapid announced that he was not to do so. Playing for Slavia Prague, he scored 252 league goals in 325 matches (1932-1950). He twice scored five goals in a single match for Slavia.{{cite web|publisher=Slavia Magazin|title=Koloušek má první hattrick - Pepi Bican jich zvládl sedmadvacet|trans-title=Koloušek's first hat-trick - Pepi Bican mastered them with twenty-seven|url=http://magazin.slavia.cz/magazin/003/clanek08.asp|language=Czech|date=4 September 2004|access-date=26 June 2012|archive-date=3 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603231818/http://magazin.slavia.cz/magazin/003/clanek08.asp|url-status=dead}} He is the second highest Czech league goalscorer in history, only Josef Bican has scored more goals in the Czech league.
He suffered a heart attack on the pitch in a friendly match against SK Hlinsko Old Boys. Slavia Prague Old Boys won 4-2, but in the midst of the game, Kopecký collapsed to the floor and František Plánička tried to revive him. Kopecký was already gone, a second attempt to revive him at a polyclinic in Hlinsko, but again it was too late.https://archiv.ucl.cas.cz/index.php?path=RudePravo/1967/7/31/3.png {{Bare URL image|date=August 2024}}{{cite web| url=https://kramerius.cbvk.cz/search/i.jsp?pid=uuid:ae876087-435d-11dd-b505-00145e5790ea#periodical-periodicalvolume-periodicalitem-page_uuid:2ac197a6-435e-11dd-b505-00145e5790ea | title=Národní listy}}
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition. Official games are included in this table.{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalniknihovna.cz/mzk/periodical/uuid:ae876087-435d-11dd-b505-00145e5790ea|title=Digitální knihovna Kramerius|website=www.digitalniknihovna.cz}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.slavistickahistorie.cz/kalendar.html|title=index2|website=www.slavistickahistorie.cz}} | |||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=2|Czech First League !colspan=2|Czech Cup{{efn|Includes Bohemian Cup}} !colspan=2|Mitropa Cup !colspan=2|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps
!Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||
| rowspan=2|Rapid Vinohrady
|1930/1931 |5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 1931/1932
|0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| rowspan=21|Slavia Prague
|5 | 5 | 2+ | 3+ | 4 | 3 | 6+ | 6+ |
| 1932–33
|18 | 10 | 2+ | 1+ | 2 | 2 | 21+ | 13+ |
| 1933–34
|15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 1934–35
|16 | 11 | 2+ | 4+ | 5 | 3 | 23+ | 18+ |
| 1935–36
|25 | 16 | 3+ | 1+ | 4 | 1 | 32+ | 18+ |
| 1936–37
|21 | 28 | 1+ | 0+ | 2 | 0 | 24+ | 28+ |
| 1937–38
|18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 10 |
| 1938–39
|21 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 24 |
| 1939–40
|22 | 25 | 1+ | 1+ | 0 | 0 | 23+ | 26+ |
| 1940–41
|20 | 21 | 8+ | 14+ | 0 | 0 | 28+ | 35+ |
| 1941–42
|21 | 18 | 6+ | 10+ | 0 | 0 | 28+ | 28+ |
| 1942–43
|14 | 13 | 4+ | 4+ | 0 | 0 | 18+ | 17+ |
| 1943–44
|24 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 20 |
| 1944–45
|0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 1945–46
|16 | 10 | 3+ | 0+ | 0 | 0 | 19+ | 10+ |
| 1946–47
|13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
| 1947–48
|9 | 2 | 1+ | 1+ | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 1948
|11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| 1949
|21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 |
| 1950
|12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 |
| |Total
!327 | 263 | 41+ | 41+ | 28 | 10 | 396+ | 314+ |
Style of play
Josef Bican commented on his and Vlastimil's relationship on the field; "We understood each other perfectly: we were, as it were, connected mentally. Whenever Vlasta had the ball at his feet, I felt what he was going to do with it, and he felt the same when I had the ball. It was simple and logical. I knew that he would handle the ball in the way that was most beneficial for the team at that moment, and I arranged accordingly. He was the best technician I ever met. We passed without even looking.{{cite web | url=https://slavia.cz/article/15094-Pred-105-lety-se-narodil-legendarni-slavista-Vlasta-Kopecky | title=Před 105 lety se narodil legendární slávista Vlasta Kopecký }}
Honours
- Czechoslovak First League: 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1936–37, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1946–47, 1948
- Czechoslovak Cup: 1940–41, 1941–42, 1944–45
- Central Bohemian Cup: 1932, 1935, 1941, 1943, 1944
- Liberty Cup: 1945
- Mitropa Cup: 1938
Notes
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References
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- {{cite book|author=Houška, Vítězslav|title=Slavné postavy Slavie a Sparty|trans-title=Famous figures from Slavia and Sparta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3dzAQAACAAJ&q=Slavn%C3%A9+postavy+Slavie+a+Sparty|publisher=Riopress|year=1996|isbn=9787115374844}}
- {{cite book|author=Šálek, Zdeněk|title=Slavné nohy: českoslovenští fotbaloví reprezentanti|trans-title=Famous feet: Czechoslovakia national football team players|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s4tLHAAACAAJ&q=Slavn%C3%A9+nohy.|publisher=Práce|year=1980}}
- {{cite book|author=Vaněk, Karel|title=Malá encyklopedie fotbalu|trans-title=Small football encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W21kGQAACAAJ&q=Mal%C3%A1+encyklopedie+fotbalu|publisher=Olympia|year=1984}}
External links
- {{FIFA player|174678}}
- {{in lang|cs}} [http://old.slavia.cz/statika.asp?typ=hKopecky Profile at Slavia Praha website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514235717/http://old.slavia.cz/statika.asp?typ=hKopecky |date=14 May 2012 }}
- {{in lang|cs}} [http://fotbal.cz/c/nat/players/viewstat.asp?name=KopeckyVlastimil ČMFS entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927000826/http://fotbal.cz/c/nat/players/viewstat.asp?name=KopeckyVlastimil |date=27 September 2007 }}
{{Czechoslovakia Squad 1934 World Cup}}
{{Czechoslovakia Squad 1938 World Cup}}
{{SK Slavia Prague managers}}
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