Josef Zeman (soccer player)

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Josef Zeman
Personnel
birthday January 23, 1915
place of birth Drunče ,  Austria-Hungary
date of death May 3, 1999
position striker
Juniors
Years station
SK České Budějovice
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1932-1936 SK České Budějovice
1936 SK Pilsen
1937-1943 Sparta Prague
1943-1944 SK Pardubice
1944 SK Nusle
1945-1946 Čechie Karlín
1946-1948 SK České Budějovice
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1937-1938 Czechoslovakia 4 (2)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1949 Sokol JČE České Budějovice
1957-1959 Slavoj České Budějovice
1 Only league games are given.

Josef Zeman (born January 23, 1915 in Drunče , Austria-Hungary , † May 3, 1999 ) was a Czechoslovak football player and coach . With Czechoslovakia he took part in the 1938 World Cup in France .

Club career

Zeman started playing football at SK České Budějovice . In 1936 the striker moved to SK Pilsen, but the talent could not last long. After a few months, Zeman was signed by Sparta Prague . With Sparta, the attacker was twice national champion. In the championship season 1937/38 he was the second top scorer in the league with 20 goals. After a protracted knee injury, Zeman left the capital and played in the 1943/44 season for SK Pardubice , then briefly for SK Nusle .

After the Second World War , Zeman played for a year for the Prague first division club Čechie Karlín before he returned to České Budějovice in 1946 and helped the team into the 1st Czechoslovak League. His four goals in the 1947/48 season were not enough to keep them up.

successes

  • Czechoslovakian champion: 1937
  • Master Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia: 1939
  • Central Bohemian Cup: 1936
  • Czech Cup: 1940 and 1943

National team

In the Czechoslovak national team , Zeman played four times and scored two goals. He met on his debut on December 1, 1937 in the 4-5 defeat by England at White Hart Lane .

At the 1938 World Cup he was part of the Czechoslovak squad. In the first round match against the Netherlands , which the ČSR won 3-0 after extra time, Zeman scored the Czechoslovaks second goal in the 110th minute of the game. It was also Zeman's last game in the national team's jersey.

Trainer

Zeman tried to bring Sokol JČE České Budějovice back into the first division as a coach in the 1949 season, but clearly failed. In the late 1950s he coached the third division Slavoj České Budějovice.

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personal data
SURNAME Zeman, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Drunče , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 1999