Josef Čapek (1 August 1902 – 5 May 1983Josef Čapek at Worldfootball.) was a Czech footballer who played for SK Slavia Prague, SK Kladno and the Czechoslovak national team.
Club career Born in PraguePlayerhistory.com in 1902, he begin playing with Viktoria Žižkov in 1914 but in 1915 he joined the youth team of Slavia Prague.1919 season at Slavia Prague official website. In 1920 Čapek had a short spell in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes playing with SK Vojvodina,1920 season at FKVojvodina.com. 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 1925.1925 season at Slavia Prague official website.
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.
International career He 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).Josef Čapek at Czech Football Association official website. 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,Match report 1924: Czechoslovakia vs Turkey at FIFA.com. and in the second match against Switzerland, that ended with a 1–1 draw.Match report 1924: Czechoslovakia vs Switzerland at FIFA.com. Two days later a second match was played against Switzerland with Čapek being an unused substitute and ending with Czechoslovakia losing 0–1.
Honours Slavia Prague Czechoslovak First League: 1925
References
External links