František Plánička
| František Plánička | ||
 Plánička (r.) Together with Giampiero Combi (l.)
And referee Ivan Eklind (m.) Before the 1934 World Cup final |
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| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | June 2, 1904 | |
| place of birth | Prague , Kingdom of Bohemia , Austria-Hungary | |
| date of death | July 20, 1996 | |
| Place of death | Prague , Czech Republic | |
| size | 179 cm | |
| position | goalkeeper | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Slovan Prague VII | ||
| SK Bubeneč | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1919-1923 | SK Bubeneč | |
| 1923-1938 | Slavia Prague | 196 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1926-1938 | Czechoslovakia | 73 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
František Plánička (born June 2, 1904 in Prague ; † July 20, 1996 ibid) was a Czechoslovak football player who played 73 games as a goalkeeper for the Czechoslovak national team from 1926 to 1938.
Life
Plánička began playing football at Slovan Praha VII, and the talented goalkeeper soon moved to SK Bubeneč.
After a few years in Bubeneč, Plánička began to train with his favorite club Sparta Prague in 1922 with the consent of his previous club and was determined to switch to the best Czech team at the time. However, Sparta's club management came to the conclusion that Plánička was too small for an outstanding goalkeeper with a height of 1.79 m, and lost interest in the later world-class goalkeeper.
In the summer of 1923 Plánička wanted to move to Slavia Prague , but initially received no approval from SK Bubeneč. Nevertheless, Plánička traveled to Moravia in early July 1923 with the reserve team Slavias and went to his first game for Slavia on July 6, 1923 without the approval of his club. The B team won 3-1 at Sparta Prostějov. The next day Plánička made his second game for Slavia B, which came to a 1-1 at SK Přerov.
In September 1923 Plánička was officially still a member of the SK Bubeneč, but trained with Slavia. Shortly before a trip to Vienna , regular goalkeeper Jaroslav Cháňa was injured . In his place Plánička drove with the team to the Austrian capital, but still had no clearance from Bubeneč. In order to keep his use in the game against Slovan Vienna , which Slavia won 4-1, a secret, he entered under the pseudonym František Jakubec.
However, a journalist from Brno, who was not in the know, mentioned Plánička's real name in a match report, whereupon the SK Bubeneč officials also got wind of the matter. As a result, Plánička received a reprimand from the disciplinary committee of the Czech Football Association and Slavia Prague had to pay a fine of 300 crowns. Subsequently, Slavia and SK Bubeneč agreed on a change of goalkeeper for a transfer fee of 800 kroner.
Plánička played for Slavia until the end of his career in 1938. The goalkeeper played his first official game on October 7, 1923 in the Charity Cup semifinals against Čechie Karlín (6-2). With the red and whites he was eight times Czechoslovakian champion and six times Central Bohemian cup winner.
In a friendly game in December 1925 in San Siro against Inter Milan , Plánička broke his left arm, which the doctors only found after the arm broke in the quarter-finals of the 1938 World Cup .
He was one of the world's best goalkeepers in the 1930s, alongside the Spaniard Ricardo Zamora and the Italian Giampiero Combi . The cat from Prague experienced its international breakthrough at the soccer World Cup in Italy in 1934 , where the Czechoslovak national soccer team became vice world champion thanks to its brilliant performances in the tournament. The goalie shone above all with his reflexes on the line and his speed when running out. Plánička played a total of 73 international matches.
His last international match at the 1938 World Cup in France also contributed to the legend of Plánička . Plánička broke his left arm after a clash with Brazilian player Perácio in the overly fought quarter-final against Brazil . Since there were still no substitutions, Plánička had to continue playing until the end. The game was 1-1 at this point and went into extra time. Plánička continued to hold up well and the team managed to hold onto the result. In the replay without Plánička, Czechoslovakia lost 2-1.
Plánička could never recover from this injury and ended his active career in the summer of 1938. He later worked as a goalkeeping coach and official for Slavia Prague and was always between the posts for the team of former national players.
literature
- Vítězslav Šlechta: František Plánička. O legendárním brankáři . Accent. Třebíč, 2001. ISBN 80-7268-206-7
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Plánička, František |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech football goalkeeper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 1996 |
| Place of death | Prague |