František Štambachr or Štambacher (born 13 February 1953 in Čebín), nicknamed "Štambi", is a former Czechoslovak footballer, gold medalist with the Czechoslovak Olympic Football Team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He was considered as an allrounder who could play in almost every position of the midfield (especially left wing and defensive midfield).
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| Date of birth | 13 February 1953 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Čebín, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1961–1968 | Sokol Čebín | |||||||||||||
| 1968–1972 | KPS Brno | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1972–1984 | Dukla Prague | 292 | (31) | |||||||||||
| 1984 | AEK Athens | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1984–1985 | Apollon Athens | 12 | (3) | |||||||||||
| Total | 313 | (34) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1977–1983 | Czechoslovakia | 31 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 1980 | Czechoslovakia Olympic | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing  Czechoslovakia
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1980 Moscow | Team Competition |
Club career
editDuring his youth Štambachr played for Sokol Čebín and KPS Brno. In 1972, he transferred to Dukla Prague (nowadays known as Marila Pribram). For Dukla he reached a total of 292 top league appearances and scored 31 goals. In 1977, 1979 and 1982 he became champion of Czechoslovakia, in 1981 and 1983 national cup winner. He spent the late years of his career playing in Greece for AEK Athens (7/1984-12/1984) and Apollon Athens (12/1984-6/1985).
International career
editŠtambachr played for Czechoslovakia a total of 31 matches, in which he scored 5 goals.[1] He was part of the winning squad of the 1976 European Championship, where he did not compete. He also participated at the 1980 European Championship and the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
He played with the Olympic team in the 1980 Summer Olympics where they won the golden medal.[2]
Honours
edit- Dukla Prague
- Czechoslovak First League: 1976–77, 1978–79, 1981–82
- Czechoslovak Cup: 1980–81
- Czechoslovakia
- Czechoslovakia Olympic
References
edit- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "František Štambachr (Player)". national-football-teams.com.
- ^ "Olympic Football Tournament Moscow 1980: Czechoslovakia – German Democratic Republic". FIFA.
External links
edit- František Štambachr at FAČR (in Czech)
- Hall of Fame Dukla Praha profile
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