Ladislav Kuna (3 April 1947 – 1 February 2012)[2] was a Slovak football player and manager, who played as a central midfielder.
 Kuna in 1966 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 April 1947 | ||
| Place of birth | Hlohovec, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Date of death | 1 February 2012 (aged 64) | ||
| Place of death | Bratislava, Slovakia | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Slovan Hlohovec | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1980 | Spartak Trnava | 424 | (86) |
| 1980–1983 | Admira Wien | 90 | (6) |
| Total | 514 | (92) | |
| International career | |||
| 1966–1974[1] | Czechoslovakia | 47 | (9) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1988–1990 | Spartak Trnava | ||
| 1991–1992 | Mödling | ||
| 1992–1993 | 1. Wiener Neustädter | ||
| 1995–1996 | Trenčín | ||
| 1997–1999 | Piešťany | ||
| 1999–2001 | Dunajská Streda | ||
| 2001–2004 | Podbrezová | ||
| 2005 | Dunajská Streda | ||
| 2005–2010 | Martin | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He played 424 matches and scored 86 goals in the Czechoslovak First League, all for Spartak Trnava. His number of appearances in the Czechoslovak First League was previously the record,[3] and was only bettered by Přemysl Bičovský.
Kuna was capped 47 times for Czechoslovakia, scoring nine goals. He was a participant in the 1970 FIFA World Cup. In 1969, he was named Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year.[4]
He was the chairman of Spartak Trnava from 2006 until his death in February 2012.[5]
Honours edit
Player edit
Spartak Trnava
- Czechoslovak First League
- Czechoslovak Cup
- Winners (3): 1967, 1971, 1975
- Slovak Cup
- Winners (2): 1971, 1975
- Mitropa Cup
Individual
- Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year (1): 1969
References edit
- ^ "Ladislav Kuna - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- ^ "Czechosklovakia's Kuna passes away at 64 | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ Truchlik, Ivan (2015). Futbalový atlas sveta (in Slovak). Prague, Czech Republic: Ottovo Nakladatelství. p. 644. ISBN 978-80-7451-455-5.
- ^ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. pp. 105–106. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
- ^ "Zomrel kráľ futbalovej Trnavy Ladislav Kuna". sport.sk (in Slovak). 1 February 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
External links edit
Media related to Ladislav Kuna at Wikimedia Commons
- Ladislav Kuna at FAČR (also at old FAČR website) (in Czech)
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