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Alexander Vencel
Vencel in 1967
Personal information
Date of birth (1944-02-08) 8 February 1944 (age 80)
Place of birth Nagyilva, Kingdom of Hungary
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
TJ Diakovce
1958–1960 TJ Dimitrov Bratislava
1960–1963 Slovan Bratislava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1965 Dukla Komárno
1965–1977 Slovan Bratislava 321 (0)
1977–1979 Plastika Nitra
1980–1982 Slovan Wien
International career
1965–1977 Czechoslovakia 25 (0)
Medal record
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Vencel (born 8 February 1944) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made 25 appearances for Czechoslovakia.[2]

He was a participant in the 1970 FIFA World Cup,[3] and in the 1976 UEFA European Championship, where Czechoslovakia won the gold medal.

He played mostly for Slovan Bratislava.

His son, Alexander Vencel Jr., also a goalkeeper, won a number of caps for Slovakia in the mid-1990s.

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[1]
National team Year Apps Goals
Czechoslovakia 1965 4 0
1966 3 0
1967 0 0
1968 0 0
1969 4 0
1970 3 0
1971 1 0
1972 0 0
1973 0 0
1974 5 0
1975 0 0
1976 3 0
1977 2 0
Total 25 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Alexander Vencel at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ Profile Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine at ČMFS website
  3. ^ Alexander Vencel Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 3 February 2010.


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