Josef Jelínek

Josef Jelínek
Josef Jelínek in 1962
Personal information
Date of birth (1941-01-09) 9 January 1941
Place of birth Prague, Czechoslovakia
Playing position Striker
Youth career
1950–1958 ČAFC Prague
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1967 Dukla Prague 144 (41)
1967–1970 VTŽ Chomutov
1970–1972 Go Ahead Eagles
1972–1975 Bohemians Prague
National team
1961–1962 Czechoslovakia 10 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Josef Jelínek (born 9 January 1941) is a Czech football player. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 10 matches and scored 2 goals.[1]

He was a participant in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, where Czechoslovakia won the silver medal.

In his country he spent his best years playing for Dukla Prague.[2] He won the Czechoslovak First League five times with Dukla; and the Czechoslovak Cup for the three times.

Jelínek spent five season in the NASL from 1972 – 1976, playing for the New York Cosmos, the Rochester Lancers and the Boston Minutemen respectively.[3] He scored the game-winning goal for New York on a penalty kick in the 86th minute of the Cosmos 2–1 victory over St. Louis in the 1972 Championship final.[4] He also played for Torreón during the 1973–74 Mexican Primera División season.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "FOTBAL.CZ – Reprezentace A – statistiky". fotbal.cz.
  2. ↑ Hall of Fame Dukla Praha Archived 9 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine.. fkdukla.cz
  3. ↑ "NASL Soccer North American Soccer League Players-Josef Jelinek". nasljerseys.com.
  4. ↑ "Cosmos defeat Stars to win NASL title". The Montreal Gazette – Google News Archive. 28 August 1972
  5. ↑ Rosas, Sergio Luis (17 February 2010). "Recuerdos del Ayer" (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreon.


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