Zdeněk Rygel

Olympic medal record
Representing Czechoslovakia
Men's Football

Zdeněk Rygel
Personal information
Date of birth	1 March 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Baník Michálkovice
1966–1972	Baník Ostrava
Senior career*
Years	Team
1972–1983	Baník Ostrava
1983–1984	EPA Larnaca
1984–1986	Zbrojovka Brno
International career
1974–1975	Czechoslovakia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zdeněk Rygel (born 1 March 1951 in Ostrava) is a former football player from Czechoslovakia. He was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Rygel obtained a total number of four caps for his native country, between 27 April 1974 and 7 June 1975.

He played for Baník Ostrava and contributed to the best period in the history of the club. During his years as a player of the club, Baník won the Czechoslovak First League in 1976, 1980 and 1981. Baník also won the Czechoslovak Cup in 1978.

He is the father of footballer Daniel Rygel.^[1]

References

^ "Rygel se chce z Neratovic odrazit do první ligy" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 26 March 2003. Retrieved 23 January 2012.

Zdeněk Rygel at FAČR (in Czech)
Zdeněk Rygel slaví životní jubileum at official website of Baník Ostrava

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[1] "Rygel se chce z Neratovic odrazit do první ligy" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 26 March 2003. Retrieved 23 January 2012.

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