Karel Finek

Karel Finek ( born May 27, 1920 in Hradec Králové, † September 8, 1998 ) was a Czech football player and coach. As a goalkeeper, he played in Czechoslovakia and France. His coaching career, he also took place in Czechoslovakia and Germany.

Career

Finek played for Olympic Hradec Králové. At the age of 18 years the tall goalkeeper moved to SK Baťov to Otrokovice. In the spring of 1941, Slavia Prague complained two injured goalkeeper and ordered as a replacement Finek, who received 2000 crowns earnest money for the change in the capital.

In one of his first missions for Slavia in March 1941, it was the derby against Sparta Prague, Finek saved a penalty and spent the next six years, goalkeeper of the Red and Whites. 1941, 1942 and 1943 won the championship Finek with Slavia.

Finek debuted on April 7, 1946 in the Czechoslovak national team, which was defeated in Paris France with 0:3. Nevertheless Finek was praised in the newspapers as the best Czechoslovakian actor. From the Parisian public, he was nicknamed King Kong, AS Saint -Étienne a contract offer, which assumed the goalie. On May 9, 1946 Finek made ​​at 0:2 against Yugoslavia his second and last international match.

After two years at Saint -Étienne Finek returned to Czechoslovakia, but was reassigned now in its communist homeland to work in the mine. Mid-1950s, graduated Finek in Prague a coach training and then went to Poland, where he was responsible for Cracovia Krakow and Slask Wroclaw. In November 1959 Finek returned to Slavia Prague but remained there only a few months. Thereafter, the former top goalkeeper went to Krakow again, only to in the season 1963/64, to retrain Slavia.

Finek emigrated in 1965 in the Federal Republic of Germany, where he served as a trainer for SpVgg Weiden, at the 1 FC Amberg and for SpVgg Vohenstrauß.

External links and sources

• Portrait on a fan page for Slavia Prague, Czech
• Portrait on anciensverts.com, French
• National team statistics, Czech