František Štambachr

František Štambacher or Štambachr ( born February 13, 1953 in Čebín at Kuřim ) is a former Czechoslovak football player. In the Czech Republic he heard the nickname " Štambi ". He was considered usable on almost all positions Midfield allrounder, especially, he worked on the railway links and defensive midfielder.

Career

Clubs

František Štambacher played in his youth for Sokol Čebín and KPS Brno. In 1972, he joined Dukla Prague ( today Marila Pribram ), where he stayed for 12 years faithful. For Dukla he completed 292 first division matches in which he scored 31 goals and 13 UEFA Cup games where he met 3 times. 1977, 1979 and 1982, he was Czechoslovakian champion, 1981 and 1983 Cup Winners' Cup. He played at the end of his career in Greece for AEK Athens ( 7/1984-12/1984 ) and Apollon Athens ( 12/1984-6/1985 ).

National

For Czechoslovakia Štambacher completed 31 games in which he scored 5 goals. At the European Championships in 1976, he did not play, but was allowed to celebrate recently as European champion. To the next European Championship in 1980, he contributed with his two missions to Tschechoslowakiens 3rd place. In the same year he was a member of the Olympic team of his country at the Olympic Games in Moscow, which was crowned with the gold medal. In the final, his beautiful presentation helped the just substitute players Jindřich Svoboda to 1:0 Final against the GDR. Two years later he took part in the 1982 World Cup and received a commitment, his team but did not make it through the group stage.

Trivia

Today (September 2006), he runs a fitness center in Prague.