Štefan Biró

Štefan Biró

Personal information
Full name	Štefan Biró
Date of birth	(1913-04-12)12 April 1913
Date of death	14 March 1954(1954-03-14) (aged 40)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1935–1936	SK Náchod
1936–1939	SK Baťa Zlín
1939–1944	ŠK Bratislava
International career
1938	Czechoslovakia	1	(0)
1939–1942	Slovakia	8	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Štefan Biró (12 April 1913 – 14 March 1954) was a Slovak footballer who played as a forward and appeared for both the Czechoslovakia and Slovakia national teams.[1]

Career

Biró earned his first and only cap for Czechoslovakia on 3 April 1938 in the 1936–38 Central European International Cup against Switzerland, which finished as a 0–4 loss in Basel. He later represented the Slovakia national team, making his first appearance on 3 December 1939 in a friendly match against Germany, which finished as a 1–3 loss in Chemnitz. He was capped eight times for Slovakia, making his final appearance on 22 November 1942 in a friendly against Germany, in which he scored his only international goal. The match in Bratislava finished as a 2–5 loss.[2]

Personal life

Biró died on 14 March 1954 at the age of 40.[3]

Career statistics

International

Team[2]	Year	Apps	Goals
Czechoslovakia	1938	1	0
	Total	1	0
Slovakia	1939	1	0
	1941	3	0
	1942	4	1
	Total	8	1
Career total		9	1

International goals

Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first.[2]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	22 November 1942	Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovak Republic	Germany	2–3	2–5	Friendly

References

1. Štefan Biró at WorldFootball.net
2. "Štefan Biró". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
3. Štefan Biró at National-Football-Teams.com

General references

• Šálek, Zdeněk (1980). Slavné nohy [Famous legs] (in Czech). Prague. p. 172.
• Stejskal, Jiří (1961). Šedesát let náchodské kopané 1901–1961 [Sixty Years of Náchod football 1901–1961] (in Czech). pp. 43, 47.

External links

• Štefan Biró at FAČR (in Czech)