# Josef Bican

> The arithmetic is staggering: over 950 goals in 624 official matches, 591 of them for Slavia Prague alone. Josef Bican is considered by some the most prolific goalscorer in football history—a striker so lethal that the goals-per-game ratio still doesn't quite add up to belief.

*Austrian-Czech footballer (1913–2001)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/josef-bican

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Football / Soccer Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857))
- **Category:** Footballers
- **Country:** Austria
- **Born:** 1913-09-25
- **Died:** 2001-12-12
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Bican turned professional at Rapid Vienna in 1931 and collected four Austrian league titles before moving to Slavia Prague in 1937, where he stayed eleven years and became the club's all-time top scorer. He played for Austria's Wunderteam at the 1934 World Cup, reaching the semi-finals, then switched to Czechoslovakia—but a clerical error blocked him from the 1938 tournament. Tall, two-footed, fast enough to run 100 metres in 10.8 seconds, he retired in 1955 as the Czechoslovak First League's all-time leading scorer with 447 goals. He coached through the 1970s. In 2000, the IFFHS named him the greatest goalscorer of the 20th century, a title built on twelve domestic top-scorer finishes and numbers that still read like a misprint.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 59.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.7 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 23.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 95.5 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #139

## Topics
#Footballers, #Football / Soccer Player, #Soccer, #Football, #Austria, #Europe, #20th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Bican)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q352017)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Josef%20Bican)
- [جوزف بیکان](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Йозеф Бицан](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0%D0%BD)
- [Josef Bican](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Bican)
- [Josef Bican](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Bican)
- [Josef Bican](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Bican)
- [Γιόζεφ Μπίτσαν](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B9%CF%8C%CE%B6%CE%B5%CF%86_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%AF%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%BD)
- [Jozef Bican](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jozef_Bican)
- [Josef Bican](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Bican)
- [Josef Bican](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Bican)
- [یوزف بیتسان](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Josef Bican](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Bican)
- [Josef Bican](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Bican)
- [Josef Bican](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Bican)
- [יוזף ביצאן](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%96%D7%A3_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%90%D7%9F)
- [Josef Bican](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Bican)
- [Յոզեֆ Բիցան](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%85%D5%B8%D5%A6%D5%A5%D6%86_%D4%B2%D5%AB%D6%81%D5%A1%D5%B6)
- [Josef Bican](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Bican)
- [Josef Bican](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Bican)
- [ヨーゼフ・ビカン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BC%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3)
- [Йозеф Бицан](https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0%D0%BD)
- [요제프 비찬](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9A%94%EC%A0%9C%ED%94%84_%EB%B9%84%EC%B0%AC)
- [Jozefs Bicans](https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jozefs_Bicans)
- [جوزيف بيكان](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [چوزيف بيكان](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86)

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