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Josef Čapek (footballer)
Josef Čapek (1 August 1902 – 5 May 1983[1]) was a Czech footballer who played for SK Slavia Prague, SK Kladno and the Czechoslovak national team.[2] CareerBorn in Prague[3] in 1902, he begin playing with Viktoria Žižkov in 1914[4] but in 1915 he joined the youth team of Slavia Prague.[5] In 1920 Čapek had a short spell in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia playing with FK Vojvodina,[6] a club with traditional connection with Slavia Prague. He returned to Slavia and stayed until 1928, winning the first edition of the Czechoslovak First League with them in 1925.[7] In 1927 he moved to another Czechoslovak First League club, SK Kladno, where he played until 1931. He later coached Polaban Nymburk between 1941 and 1946.[4] National teamHe represented the Czechoslovakia national team on seven occasions, scoring eight goals. His debut was on 1 July 1923, in a friendly match against Romania (a 6–0 win, with Čapek scoring twice) and his farewell match was on 28 October 1926 in a friendly match against Italy (a 3–1 win, with Čapek again scoring twice).[8] He was member of the Czechoslovakia squad at the 1924 Olympics having played as number 10 in the first match against Turkey in a 5–2 win with him scoring the fifth goal,[9] and in the second match against Switzerland, that ended with a 1–1 draw.[10] Two days later a second match was played against Switzerland with Čapek being an unused substitute and ending with Czechoslovakia losing 0–1. Honours
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