František Plánička
Czech association football player (1904-1996) · Czechia · On the map · Footballers · Died at 92
František Plánička was a Czech football goalkeeper and one of the most honoured players in the history of Czechoslovak football. He played all his career for Slavia Prague, during which time the club won the Czech league eight times and the Mitropa Cup once.
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Antonín Puč Teammate at SK Slavia Prague, 1925-1938
Ferdinand Daučík Teammate at SK Slavia Prague, 1933-1938
Jiří Sobotka Teammate at SK Slavia Prague, 1931-1938- Štefan Čambal Teammate at SK Slavia Prague, 1931-1936
Vlastimil Kopecký Teammate at SK Slavia Prague, 1932-1938
František Junek Teammate at SK Slavia Prague, 1928-1935
František Svoboda Teammate at SK Slavia Prague, 1926-1938
Josef Silný Teammate at Czechoslovakia national team, 1926-1934
Ladislav Ženíšek Teammate at SK Slavia Prague, 1929-1936
Rudolf Krčil Teammate at Czechoslovakia national team, 1929-1935
Adolf Šimperský Teammate at SK Slavia Prague, 1927-1936- Josef Čtyřoký Teammate at Czechoslovakia national team, 1931-1938
- Antonín Vodička Teammate at SK Slavia Prague, 1925-1938
- Vojtěch Bradáč Teammate at Czechoslovakia national team, 1931-1938
- Emil Seifert Teammate at SK Slavia Prague, 1923-1929
Josef Sloup-Štaplík Teammate at SK Slavia Prague, 1923-1930
Franz Czernicky Teammate at SK Slavia Prague, 1927-1932
Josef Pleticha Teammate at SK Slavia Prague, 1923-1931
Václav Horák Teammate at SK Slavia Prague, 1936-1938- Josef Kratochvíl Teammate at SK Slavia Prague, 1927-1930
Oldřich Nejedlý Teammate at Czechoslovakia national team, 1931-1938
Josef Košťálek Teammate at Czechoslovakia national team, 1930-1938- Otakar Nožíř Teammate at SK Slavia Prague, 1934-1938
Jan Vaník Teammate at SK Slavia Prague, 1923-1926
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Goalkeepers and captains Gianpiero Combi (left) and František Plánička shake hands at the Stadio Nazionale PNF before the 1934 FIFA World Cup final won by Italy 2-1 on 10 June 1934
Angelo Schiavio scores against Plánička in the 1934 World Cup final
Netherlands Captain Puck Van Heel (left) greets Plánička prior to the match the Czech won (0-3) on 5 June 1938 at the Stade municipal du Havre in the first round of the 1938 World CupAbout this person
He also became a member of the Czechoslovakia national team, where his first success as a young goalkeeper was helping Czechoslovakia to become runner-up in the Central European International Cup 1931-32 and later became captain during the World Cup finals of 1934 and 1938.
