Stanislav Štrunc (30 October 1942 – 8 November 2001) was a

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player. His playing position was right winger. Pivoda, p. 81. Štrunc started his football career in his native

Plzeň Plzeň (), also known in English and German as Pilsen (), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants. It is located about west of P ...

, where his football club

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(today Viktoria Plzeň) elevated him to the role of a prolific goalscorer of the

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. In 1965 he moved to

Dukla Prague Dukla Prague () was a Czech football club from the city of Prague. Established in 1948 as ATK Praha, the club won a total of 11 Czechoslovak league titles and eight Czechoslovak Cups, and in the 1966–67 season, reached the semi-finals of the ...

, to serve his

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, and played there until 1972. He scored 65 league goals for Dukla in that era. Pivoda, p. 54. Štrunc won the First League with Dukla in 1966. In 1966 and 1969 he also won the

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with Dukla. Afterwards Štrunc returned to Plzeň and played professionally until 1977. He retired from top football one week after scoring his 100th league goal in 329 matches. Internationally Štrunc played for Czechoslovakia and represented his country at the

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in Mexico. He made three appearances for the national team, all of which were during his time as a Dukla Prague player. Štrunc is perceived as a legendary player at Viktoria Plzeň. Since 2004 the youth international football tournament named after him is held by Viktoria.

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External links

Profile at Hall of Fame Dukla Praha
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Strunc, Stanislav 1942 births 2001 deaths Czech men's footballers Czechoslovak men's footballers Czechoslovakia men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Czechoslovakia Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics FC Viktoria Plzeň players Dukla Prague footballers Footballers from Plzeň Men's association football forwards