Miroslav Wiecek (4 November 1931 in
Ostrava
Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...
– 12 July 1997) was a
Czech
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football player.
Wiecek played most of his career for
Baník Ostrava
''Baník'' is a Slovak word meaning "miner". Since the 1950s it has been part of the name of various sports clubs in Czechoslovakia associated mostly with coal mining regions. In Poland, the same practice was conducted with the name ''górnik''.
...
. He played 325 matches and scored 174 goals in the
Czechoslovak First League
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, four times becoming the best goalscorer of the league.
He played one match for
Czechoslovakia national team, in October 1953 against
Hungary
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.
References
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ČMFS entry
1931 births
1997 deaths
Czech men's footballers
Czechoslovak men's footballers
Czechoslovakia men's international footballers
Czech people of Polish descent
FC Baník Ostrava players
MFK Vítkovice players
Footballers from Ostrava
Men's association football forwards
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