Jan Vaník
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 7 May 1891 | ||
Place of birth | Prague, Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 14 June 1950 | (aged 59)||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1907–1908 | SK Letná | ||
1908–1910 | SK Bubeneč | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1910–1916 | Sparta Prague | ||
1916–1926 | Slavia Prague | ||
International career | |||
1917 | Austria | 2 | (0) |
1920–1925 | Czechoslovakia | 12 | (10) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jan Vaník (7 May 1891[1][2] – 12 June 1950) was a footballer who appeared for both the Austria and Czechoslovakia national teams.[3] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[4] On a club level, he played for AC Sparta Prague and SK Slavia Prague,[5] becoming the top goalscorer of the Czechoslovak First League in the 1925 season.[2]
Club career
Jan Vaník was very interested in the education of young football players and already at Sparta Prague, he took care of the junior side through his own initiative. Later, when he had retired, he helped lead courses for youth leaders. J. Šoltys, J. Čapek, A. Šimperský and J. Čtyřoký, among others, owed their growth to his activities. Also, he helped develop Frantisek Planicka.[6] In 1918 Jan scored a total of 28 goals including friendlies. In 1920, Jan scored a total of 54 goals including friendlies. In 1921, Jan scored a total of 36 goals including friendlies.[7]
Career statistics
Club | Season | Czech League | Bohemian Championship | Cup | Friendlies | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sparta Prague | 1910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1911 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 47 | |
1912 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 73 | 52 | 73 | |
1913 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 92 | |
1914 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 84 | 43 | 84 | |
1915 | 3+ | 7+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 54 | 28 | 64 | |
1916 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 92 | 35 | 92 | |
Slavia Prague | 1917 | 3+ | 6+ | 1+ | 1+ | 0 | 0 | 17+ | 29+ | 21+ | 36+ |
1918 | 6+ | 16+ | 0 | 0 | 1+ | 2+ | 8+ | 25+ | 33+ | 44+ | |
1919 | 6+ | 9+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17+ | 27+ | 23+ | 36+ | |
1920 | 3+ | 4+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+ | 50 | 5+ | 54 | |
1921 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 36 | |
1922 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3+ | 1+ | 20+ | 22+ | 23+ | 36+ | |
1923 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+ | 3+ | 19+ | 27+ | 21+ | 30+ | |
1924 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1925 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3+ | 9+ | 14+ | 28+ | |
1926 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 29+ | 68+ | 4+ | 7+ | 7+ | 6+ | 240+ | 646+ | 280+ | 727+ |
References
- ^ Profile Archived 13 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine at the official website of FAČR
- ^ a b Jan Vaník padesátníkem (Jan Vaník turns fifty) in Moravská orlice newspaper, 8 May 1941.
- ^ Jan Vaník at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jan Vaník Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ "Jan Vaník". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Jan Van?k". slavia.webzdarma.cz. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Historie zápasů".
- ^ "Slavia - úvod".
- ^ "Digitální knihovna Kramerius".
- ^ "SK Slavia Praha".
- ^ "Digitální knihovna Kramerius". www.digitalniknihovna.cz.
- ^ "Digitální knihovna Kramerius".
- ^ Železná Sparta (in Czech). 1966. p. 248.
External links
- 1891 births
- 1950 deaths
- Czech men's footballers
- Czechoslovak men's footballers
- Czechoslovakia men's international footballers
- Olympic footballers for Czechoslovakia
- Austrian men's footballers
- Austria men's international footballers
- Footballers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Footballers from Prague
- AC Sparta Prague players
- SK Slavia Prague players
- Men's association football forwards
- Dual internationalists (men's football)