Antonín Panenka

Czech footballer

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Czech midfielder who won Euro 1976 with a chip-shot penalty so elegant it became his namesake. The panenka—that delicate lob down the middle—is now football's most audacious kick, all because Panenka kept his nerve against West Germany.

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Antonín Panenka is a Czech former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He spent most of his career at Czechoslovak club Bohemians Prague before having spells with various Austrian clubs including Rapid Wien. Panenka won UEFA Euro 1976 with Czechoslovakia and gained recognition for his winning penalty kick in the shoot-out of the final against West Germany where he scored with a softly-chipped ball up the middle of the goal as the goalkeeper dived away. This style of penalty is now known as a panenka. In 1980, he won Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year and his team fin…

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