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Titus Buberník

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Titus Buberník
Buberník in 1962
Personal information
Date of birth 12 October 1933
Place of birth Pusté Úľany, Czechoslovakia
Date of death 27 March 2022 (aged 88)
Place of death Bratislava, Slovakia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1946–1951 Slovan Bratislava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1956 VSS Košice
1956–1968 ČH Bratislava
1968–1970 LASK Linz 36 (7)
International career
1958–1963[1] Czechoslovakia 23 (5)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Czechoslovakia
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1962 Chile
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Titus Buberník (12 October 1933 – 27 March 2022) was a Slovak footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for the Czechoslovakia national team in 23 matches scoring five goals.

He was a participant at the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He played in a match against Northern Ireland in his national team debut. He also played in the 1960 European Nations' Cup, where Czechoslovakia finished third. Buberník was part of the Czechoslovakia squad for the 1962 FIFA World Cup, when his team won the silver medal, although he did not play in the tournament.

Buberník made 271 appearances in the Czechoslovak First League, scoring 50 goals. He played for VSS Košice in 1956, before moving to CH Bratislava, where he stayed for 12 years, winning the 1958–59 Czechoslovak First League during this time.[2]

Honours

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CH Bratislava

References

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  1. ^ "Titus Bubernik – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  2. ^ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. pp. 27–28. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
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