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| Full name | Ferdinand Daučík | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1910-05-30)30 May 1910 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Šahy,Austria-Hungary | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 November 1986(1986-11-14) (aged 76) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Alcalá de Henares,Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| KFC Komárno | |||||||||||||||||
| 1928–1933 | 1. ČsŠK Bratislava | ||||||||||||||||
| 1933–1942 | Slavia Prague | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1931–1938 | Czechoslovakia | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1942 | Slovakia | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1942–1946 | ŠK Bratislava | ||||||||||||||||
| 1942–1944 | Slovakia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1948 | Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1948 | ŠK Bratislava | ||||||||||||||||
| 1949 | Sokol Prievidza | ||||||||||||||||
| 1949–1950 | Hungaria | ||||||||||||||||
| 1950–1954 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
| 1954–1957 | Athletic Bilbao | ||||||||||||||||
| 1957–1959 | Atlético Madrid | ||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1960 | Porto | ||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1962 | Real Betis | ||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1964 | Real Murcia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1965 | Sevilla | ||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1967 | Real Zaragoza | ||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1968 | Toronto Falcons | ||||||||||||||||
| 1968 | Elche | ||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1969 | Real Betis | ||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1970 | Sant Andreu | ||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1971 | Espanyol | ||||||||||||||||
| 1971 | Cádiz | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1974 | Sant Andreu | ||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1975 | Levante | ||||||||||||||||
| 1975 | Levante | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1977 | Sant Andreu | ||||||||||||||||
| Moscardó | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Ferdinand Daučík (also known asFernando Daucik; 30 May 1910 – 14 November 1986) was a Slovak football player and manager. Daučík was the manager of severalLa Liga clubs, most notablyBarcelona,Athletic Club de Bilbao,Atlético Madrid andReal Zaragoza. During his career, he managed La Liga clubs in 488 matches, won three La Liga titles and won theCopa del Generalísimo on six occasions, including three La Liga/Copa doubles. He died inAlcalá de Henares.
Daučík played as a defender for1. ČsŠK Bratislava,Slavia Prague and theCzechoslovakia national team. He was only the third Slovak player ever to play for Czechoslovakia. He was part of the squad at both the1934 and1938FIFA World Cups, and although he didn't play in the 1934 tournament, he was the only Slovak to play in the 1938 competition.[1]
Daučík coachedŠK Bratislava between 1942 and 1946 and again in 1948. In 1948, he coached Czechoslovakia for two matches. After the1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état, the Communist regime arrested Daučík for espionage. He spent two years in jail and later was interned in a prison camp inNováky, where he coached a team composing of the prisoners. In late 1949 Daučík managed to flee the country by crossing theMorava River on an inflatable boat.[2] Later that year, Daučík arrived in Spain as coach of Hungaria, a team made up of refugees fleeing the various Communist regimes ofEastern Europe. The team included his brother-in-law,Ladislao Kubala, who had married Daučík's sister, Anna Viola Daučík, in 1947. Hungaria played a series of friendlies against Madrid Select XI, aSpain XI andEspañol and during these matches, Kubala was spotted byJosep Samitier, then chief scout atBarcelona. Kubala was offered a contract and as part of the deal, Daučík became Barcelona coach in 1950.
Daučík coached Barcelona during one of the club's most successful periods. As well asNicolae Simatoc–Kubala, the team also includedJuan Zambudio Velasco,Antoni Ramallets andJoan Segarra. During his four seasons in charge, the club won two consecutiveLa Liga/Copa del Generalísimo doubles in 1952 and 1953. In 1952, Barcelona won five different trophies, including La Liga, the Copa del Generalísimo, theCopa Latina and theCopa Eva Duarte. His contract ended in 1954 and after clashing with some players, he left the club.
Daučík subsequently joinedAthletic Bilbao, where he won the Copa del Generalísimo in 1955 and his third Liga/Copa del Generalísimodouble in 1956. With a squad that includedAgustín Gaínza,Armando Merodio andJesús Garay, Daučík then led Athletic to the1956 Latin Cup final and to the quarter-finals of theEuropean Cup in 1957.En route to the final, they eliminatedPorto andHonvéd before losing 6–5 on aggregate toManchester United.
The 1957–58 season saw Daučík take charge ofAtlético Madrid and lead them to second place in La Liga. This resulted in Atlético qualifying for the 1958–59 seasonsEuropean Cup since the winners,Real Madrid, were also the reigning European champions. Inspired byVavá andEnrique Collar, Atlético reached the semi-finals after beatingDrumcondra FC,CSKA Sofia andSchalke 04. In the semi-finals, they met Real Madrid, who won the first leg 2–1 at theSantiago Bernabéu Stadium while Atlético won 1–0 at the Metropolitano. If away goals had counted double, Atlético would have progressed to the final. However, the tie went to a replay and Real won 2–1 inZaragoza.
Daučík remained in demand as a manager throughout his career. After leaving Atlético Madrid in 1959, he had a spell at Porto during the 1959–60 season. He then spent two years atReal Betis between 1960 and 1962. While there, he gave a La Liga debut to his sonYanko Daucik. Daučík then had a season each withReal Murcia andSevilla before he joinedReal Zaragoza in 1966. He took over Real towards the end of the 1965–66 season, leading them to victory in theCopa del Generalísimo final when they beat Atlético Bilbao 2–0. They also reached theInter-Cities Fairs Cup final, but after beating Barcelona 1–0 in the home-leg, Real eventually lost 4–3 on aggregate.
In 1967, Daučík moved to Canada to coach theToronto Falcons of theNational Professional Soccer League. This proved to be something of a family reunion as he was joined at the club by his son Yanko, son-in-law Ladislao Kubala and grandson Branko Kubala. After returning to Spain, he had spells atElche, Espanyol andColonia Moscardó, among others.[3]A book about him, "Útek na lavičku Barcelony" (Escape to the Bench of Barcelona), was published in 2017 by Slovak football writer Mojmír Staško.
Barcelona
Athletic Bilbao
Zaragoza
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