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Jozef Luknár

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Jozef Luknár
Personal information
Full name Jozef Luknár
Date of birth (1915-01-15)15 January 1915
Place of birth Ivanka pri Dunaji, Bohemia,
Cisleithania, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 13 May 1966(1966-05-13) (aged 51)
Place of death Modra, Slovak SR, Czechoslovakia
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1936 Štefánik Ivanka
1936–1946 1. ČsŠK/ŠK Bratislava 192 (119)
1946–1947 SK Olomouc ASO
International career
1938 Czechoslovakia 1 (0)
1939–1944 Slovakia 9 (4)
Managerial career
1946–1947 SK Olomouc ASO (player-manager)
Malacky
ŠK Dynamitka
Pezinok
19??–1966 Modra
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jozef Luknár (15 January 1915 – 13 May 1966) was a Slovak footballer and manager who played as a forward and appeared for both the Czechoslovakia and Slovakia national teams.[1]

Career

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Luknár earned his first and only cap for Czechoslovakia on 3 April 1938 in the 1936–38 Central European International Cup against Switzerland, which finished as a 0–4 loss in Basel. He later represented the Slovakia national team, making his first appearance in the team's inaugural on 27 August 1939 in a friendly against Germany. Luknár scored the second goal of the match, which finished as a 2–0 win in Bratislava. He was capped nine times in total for Slovakia and scored four goals, making his final appearance on 9 April 1944 in a friendly match against Croatia, which finished as a 2–7 loss in Zagreb.[2]

Personal life

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Luknár was born in Ivanka pri Dunaji on 15 January 1915, and was nicknamed Hammer (Slovak: Kladivo).[3] He died on 13 May 1966 while coaching a training session in Modra at the age of 51.[4]

Career statistics

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International

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Team[2] Year Apps Goals
Czechoslovakia 1938 1 0
Total 1 0
Slovakia 1939 2 2
1940 2 1
1941 1 0
1942 3 1
1944 1 0
Total 9 4
Career total 10 4

International goals

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No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 27 August 1939 Stadion Slovana, Bratislava, Slovak Republic  Germany 2–0 2–0 Friendly
2 3 December 1939 Großkampfbahn, Chemnitz, Germany  Germany 1–0 1–3 Friendly
3 6 June 1940 Yunak Stadium, Sofia, Kingdom of Bulgaria  Bulgaria 2–1 4–1 Friendly
4 22 November 1942 Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovak Republic  Germany 1–3 2–5 Friendly

References

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  1. ^ Jozef Luknár at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b c "Jozef Luknár". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Jozef Luknár". ŠK Slovan Bratislava (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. ^ Kšiňan, Jozef (1 September 2017). "Oprášené legendy: Jozef Luknár si musel neraz rozpárať nohavicovú časť trenírok" [Dusty legends: Jozef Luknár had to unravel his short trousers] (PDF). Slovak Football Association (in Slovak). p. 26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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