Antonín Puč

Antonín Puč (16 May 1907 – 18 April 1988) was a Czech footballer who played as a forward; he is the all-time leading scorer for the Czechoslovak national team.

Antonín Puč

Personal information
Full name	Antonín Puč
Date of birth	(1907-05-16)16 May 1907
Place of birth	Jinonice, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	18 April 1988(1988-04-18) (aged 80)
Place of death	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Playing position(s)	Winger / Striker
Youth career
1913–1920	Čechie Smíchov
1920–1925	SK Smíchov
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1925	SK Smíchov
1925–1938	Slavia Prague	146	(112)
1938–1940	Viktoria Žižkov	20	(11)
1940–1941	SK Smíchov
National team
1926–1938[1]	Czechoslovakia	60	(34)
1939[1]	Bohemia and Moravia	1	(1)
Teams managed
1943–1944	SK Nusle
1945–1946	Čechie Karlín
Honours Representing  Czechoslovakia Men's Football FIFA World Cup Runner-up 1934 Italy
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Puč's international career lasted from 1926 to 1939; in that time, he played 61 matches for Czechoslovakia, scoring 35 goals. He played for Czechoslovakia in the 1934 FIFA World Cup scoring two goals, including one in the final, a 2–1 loss against Italy, and also played in the 1938 edition.[2] Puč spent most of his club career with Slavia Prague.[3]

After the split of the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia and the corresponding national teams, Jan Koller surpassed Puč's record in 2005. Puč died in 1988 aged 80.

References

1. "Antonin Puc – Goals in International Matches". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014.
2. Antonín Puč at FAČR (in Czech)
3. Profile at SK Slavia Praha website Archived 19 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine