Anton Švajlen
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Anton Švajlen (born 3 December 1937 in Solčany, Czechoslovakia) is a former Slovak football goalkeeper who played for Topoľčany, Trenčín, Prievidza, Brezno and mostly for VSS Košice (1959–1975). He competed for Czechoslovakia at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where he won a silver medal in the team competition.[1] Švajlen played five matches for the Czechoslovakia Olympic Team (one at the 1964 Olympics) and three matches for the Czechoslovakia national football B team, but he never played for the first team.
During his 14 seasons at the Czechoslovak First League he made 336 appearances (214 without substitution). Švajlen was also known as penalty taker. He scored 11 goals during his career.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anton Švajlen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Brankář střelcem! Ale gól Sňozíka netěšil". fotbal.idnes.cz (in Czech). 25 November 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
External links[edit]
- Anton Švajlen at WorldFootball.net
- Anton Švajlen at Olympics.com
- Anton Švajlen at Olympedia
- Anton Švajlen at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)
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