Jaroslav Cejp

Jaroslav Cejp
Personal information
Full name Jaroslav Cejp
Date of birth (1924-04-07)7 April 1924
Place of birth Carpathian Ruthenia, Czechoslovakia
Date of death 22 March 2002(2002-03-22) (aged 77)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1943–1946 Pardubice
1946–1951 Sparta Prague
International career
1946–1951 Czechoslovakia 14 (10)
1947 Czechoslovakia B 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jaroslav Cejp (7 April 1924 – 22 March 2002) was a Czechoslovak footballer who played as a forward. He won two Czechoslovak First League titles with Sparta Prague between 1945 and 1948, during which time he also finished as top scorer of the First League. As well as Sparta, he also played for SK Pardubice at the top level. Born in Carpathian Ruthenia,[1] Cejp represented Czechoslovakia internationally, scoring 10 goals in 14 appearances for his nation between 1946 and 1951.

Club career

Cejp began his football career with SK Pardubice, with whom he played across three seasons beginning in 1943. During the 1945–46 season, Cejp moved to Sparta Prague, becoming part of a team which went a Czechoslovak record 40 matches unbeaten and winning his first Czechoslovak league title that season.[1][2] In the 1947–48 season, he again experienced winning the league title,[2] and added to it by becoming the league's top scorer, with 21 goals.[3] In 1950 Cejp scored his 100th league goal, going on to amass a total of 115 goals in his career.[4]

International career

Cejp scored twice on his international debut, a 4–3 win in a friendly match against Austria on 27 October 1946. Most of his 14 international appearances were in friendly matches, although he did play twice in the 1948–53 Central European International Cup, scoring in Czechoslovakia's 1–1 draw with Switzerland. He played his last match for Czechoslovakia in a home match against Romania on 20 May 1951, scoring once in a 2–2 draw. Cejp finished his career with 10 international goals in 14 matches.[2]

Career statistics

International

[5]

Czechoslovakia
Year Apps Goals
1946 1 2
1947 5 4
1948 4 1
1949 1 0
1950 2 2
1951 1 1
Total 14 10

International goals

Scores and results list Czechoslovakia goal tally first.[5]

Honours

Club

Sparta Prague

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b Palička, Jan (22 April 2021). "Které borce to vlastně slávisté dohnali? Poznejte válečné legendy Sparty" (in Czech). idnes.cz. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Jeřábek, p. 30.
  3. ^ Jeřábek, p. 231.
  4. ^ Jeřábek, p. 252.
  5. ^ a b "Jaroslav Cejp - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

Cited texts

  • Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů. Prague: Grada Publishing. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.