Jiří Sobotka
Jiří Sobotka (6 June 1911 – 20 May 1994), also known as Georges Sobotka, was a former Czechoslovak footballer, who played internationally for Czechoslovakia (23 caps, 8 goals),[1] and participated at the 1934 FIFA World Cup when Czechoslovakia came in second.
Sobotka in 1961 | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name |
Jiří Sobotka also known as: Georges Sobotka | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 6 June 1911 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Prague, Austria-Hungary | |||||||||||||||
Date of death | 20 May 1994 82) | (aged|||||||||||||||
Place of death | Intragna, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||
Playing position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
Čechoslovan Košíře | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
1931–1939 | Slavia Prague | |||||||||||||||
1939–1941 | Hajduk Split | 34 | (17) | |||||||||||||
1942 | Slavia Prague | |||||||||||||||
1943–1946 | SK Baťa Zlín | |||||||||||||||
1946–1951 | Chaux-de-Fonds | |||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
1934–1937 | Czechoslovakia | 23 | (8) | |||||||||||||
Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||
1940–1941 | Hajduk Split | |||||||||||||||
1946–1959 | Chaux-de-Fonds | |||||||||||||||
1959–1961 | Feyenoord | |||||||||||||||
1961–1965 | FC Basel | |||||||||||||||
1964-1965 | Switzerland | |||||||||||||||
1965–1967 | FC Biel-Bienne | |||||||||||||||
1968–1969 | Charleroi | |||||||||||||||
1970-1971 | UE Sant Andreu | |||||||||||||||
1971–1972 | Chaux-de-Fonds | |||||||||||||||
1972–1973 | FC Aarau | |||||||||||||||
1973–1976 | Bellinzona | |||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
He played for SK Slavia Praha, Hajduk Split (winning the Banovina of Croatia first league[2]) and FC La Chaux-de-Fonds.
During his period in Split, he played 36 league matches scoring 17 goals in the 1939-40[3] and 1940-41[4] seasons. Before arriving to Yugoslavia, he had been a player-coach in Switzerland with FC Winterthur.[5]
After his playing career, he coached numerous clubs in Switzerland[6] and won 6 Swiss cups.[7] He also coached Charleroi in Belgium[8] UE Sant Andreu in Spain,[9] and Switzerland national team.[10]
Honours
As player
- with Slavia Prague
- Czechoslovak Championship: 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937
- with Hajduk Split
- with Czechoslovakia
- 1934 World Cup runner-up
As manager
- with Chaux-de-Fonds
- Swiss Cup: 1948*, 1951*, 1954, 1955, 1957
- Swiss Championship: 1954, 1955
- With Feyenoord
- Dutch League: 1961
- with FC Basel
- Swiss Cup: 1963
- (*Sobotka won the 1948 and 1951 Swiss Cups as player-manager)
References
- Jiri Sobotka - International Appearances
- Croatia - Championship Winning Squads
- 1939-40 league stats at Hajduk Split official website.(in Croatian)
- 1940-41 league stats at Hajduk Split official website.(in Croatian)
- All-time coaches Archived 11 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine at FC Winterthur official website, retrieved 24-11-2015
- Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs Archived 27 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Coupe Suisse
- DH.be - Le Sporting centenaire!
- Edición del viernes, 26 junio 1970, página 9 - Hemeroteca - elmundodeportivo.es
- Switzerland - International Matches
External links
- Profile at CMFS
- Jiří Sobotka at WorldFootball.net
- Career story at Hajduk Split official website. (in Croatian)