Adamec in 1969 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1942-02-26)26 February 1942 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Vrbové,Slovakia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 24 December 2018(2018-12-24) (aged 76) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Trnava, Slovakia | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| TJ Iskra Vrbové | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1959–1961 | Spartak Trnava | 61 | (19) | ||||||||||||||
| 1961–1963 | Dukla Prague | 34 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
| 1963–1966 | Slovan Bratislava | 26 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 1966–1977 | Spartak Trnava | 264 | (119) | ||||||||||||||
| 1977–1980 | SK Slovan Wien | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 385 | (170) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1974 | Czechoslovakia | 44 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1977 | Spartak Trnava (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1980 | SK Slovan Wien | ||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1981 | Slovan Duslo Šaľa | ||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1987 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Vorwärts Steyr | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1991 | Inter Bratislava | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Bohemians Prague | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Inter Bratislava | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Czechoslovakia (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Zlín | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Inter Bratislava | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Dunajská Streda | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Prešov | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Slovakia | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Spartak Trnava | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Slovan Bratislava | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Spartak Trnava | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Petržalka | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Spartak Trnava | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Spartak Trnava | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Jozef Adamec (26 February 1942 – 24 December 2018) was a Slovakfootballforward andmanager.
Adamec won sevenCzechoslovak First League titles in his club career, winning two withDukla Prague during hismilitary service, followed by five more while playing forSpartak Trnava.[1] Other clubs he played for wereSlovan Bratislava and lower-division Austrian club Slovan Wien, where he took on aplayer-manager role.[2]
As a football manager, Adamec took charge of clubs in Czechoslovakia and later Slovakia. Between 1999 and 2001 he led theSlovakia national team.
In theCzechoslovak First League he played 383 matches and with 170 goals is 10th in the Czechoslovak All-Time Topscorers Table.He was capped 44 times forCzechoslovakia, scoring 14 goals. He was a participant at the1962 FIFA World Cup and1970 FIFA World Cup.[citation needed]
His most memorable performance was his hat-trick againstBrazil in match Czechoslovakia - Brazil 3–2 (1–1) played on 23 June 1968 in Bratislava.[3] He was often incorrectly referred to as the first player ever to score a hat-trick against Brazil (PoleErnst Wilimowski had scoredfour goals in the 1938 World Cup match).[citation needed]
After retiring as player, Adamec began with football coaching as an assistant inSpartak Trnava. Later he coachedDukla Banská Bystrica,Tatran Prešov, Spartak Trnava andSlovan Bratislava. Between 1988 and 1991, he was the manager ofInter Bratislava, winning theSlovak Cup with the club in the 1989–90 season.[4] He was assistant to Czechoslovakia coachVáclav Ježek in 1993.[2] From 1999 to 2001 Adamec coached theSlovakia national team.
Adamec died in 2018 at the age of 76.[2]
Dukla Prague
Spartak Trnava
Czechoslovakia
Inter Bratislava