Antonín Carvan (15 May 1901 – 1 November 1959) was a former

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. He played 14 games for the

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. Carvan made 89 appearances in the

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, scoring 13 times. He later managed

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at the same level.

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* 1901 births 1959 deaths Czech men's footballers Czechoslovak men's footballers Czechoslovakia men's international footballers Czechoslovak First League players AC Sparta Prague players FC Zbrojovka Brno players FK Viktoria Žižkov players Czech football managers Czechoslovak football managers FC Zbrojovka Brno managers Czechoslovak expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in France FK Náchod players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Kladno {{Czechoslovakia-footy-bio-stub