František Štambachr

František Štambachr
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-02-13) 13 February 1953
Place of birth Čebín, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Midfielder
Youth career
1961–1968 Sokol Čebín
1968–1972 KPS Brno
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1984 Dukla Prague 292 (31)
1984 AEK Athens 9 (0)
1984–1985 Apollon Athens 12 (3)
Total 313 (34)
International career
1977–1983 Czechoslovakia 31 (5)
1980 Czechoslovakia Olympic 4 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
UEFA European Championship
Winner1976 Yugoslavia
Summer Olympics
Gold medal – first place1980 MoscowTeam
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

František Štambachr or Štambacher (born 13 February 1953 in Čebín), nicknamed "Štambi", is a former Czechoslovak footballer, gold medalist with the Czechoslovak Olympic Football Team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He was considered as an allrounder who could play in almost every position of the midfield (especially left wing and defensive midfield).

Club career

During his youth Štambachr played for Sokol Čebín and KPS Brno. In 1972, he transferred to Dukla Prague (nowadays known as Marila Pribram). For Dukla he reached a total of 292 top league appearances and scored 31 goals. In 1977, 1979 and 1982 he became champion of Czechoslovakia, in 1981 and 1983 national Cup winner.

On 11 June 1984 he moved to Greece and was transferred to AEK Athens for a fee of 14 million drachmas.[1] Despite his good performances with the club, the departure of the manager Václav Halama and the need to open a foreign's slot in the roster resluted in his release midseason.[2] On 14 December Apollon Athens,[3] where he finished his career at the end of the season.

International career

Štambachr played for Czechoslovakia a total of 31 matches, in which he scored 5 goals.[4] He was part of the winning squad of the 1976 European Championship, where he did not compete. He also participated at the 1980 European Championship and the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

He played with the Olympic team in the 1980 Summer Olympics where they won the golden medal.[5]

Honours

Dukla Prague

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia Olympic

References

  1. ↑ Γιώργος Πάστρας (13 June 1984). "Με το «δέκα το καλό» ο Στάμπαχρ στην ΑΕΚ". Athletic Echo (in Greek). pp. 1, 3.
  2. ↑ Γιώργος Πάστρας (12 December 1984). "Ο Εστερχάζι στην ΑΕΚ!". Athletic Echo (in Greek). pp. 1, 4.
  3. ↑ Κ. Πάσχος (15 December 1984). "Πανηγυρίζουν στον Απόλλωνα με την απόκτηση του Σταμπάχερ". Athletic Echo (in Greek). pp. 1, 3.
  4. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "František Štambachr (Player)". national-football-teams.com.
  5. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournament Moscow 1980: Czechoslovakia – German Democratic Republic". FIFA.


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