Jozef Luknár

Jozef Luknár
Personal information
Full name	Jozef Luknár
Date of birth	15 January 1915
Place of birth	Ivanka pri Dunaji, Bohemia,; Cisleithania, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	13 May 1966 (aged 51)
Place of death	Modra, Slovak SR, Czechoslovakia
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
0000–1936	Štefánik Ivanka
1936–1946	1. ČsŠK/ŠK Bratislava
1946–1947	SK Olomouc ASO
International career
1938	Czechoslovakia
1939–1944	Slovakia
Managerial career
1946–1947	SK Olomouc ASO (player-manager)
	Malacky
	ŠK Dynamitka
	Pezinok
19??–1966	Modra
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jozef Luknár (15 January 1915 – 13 May 1966) was a Slovak footballer and manager who played as a forward and appeared for both the Czechoslovakia and Slovakia national teams.^[1]

Career[edit]

Luknár earned his first and only cap for Czechoslovakia on 3 April 1938 in the 1936–38 Central European International Cup against Switzerland, which finished as a 0–4 loss in Basel. He later represented the Slovakia national team, making his first appearance in the team's inaugural on 27 August 1939 in a friendly against Germany. Luknár scored the second goal of the match, which finished as a 2–0 win in Bratislava. He was capped nine times in total for Slovakia and scored four goals, making his final appearance on 9 April 1944 in a friendly match against Croatia, which finished as a 2–7 loss in Zagreb.^[2]

Personal life[edit]

Luknár was born in Ivanka pri Dunaji on 15 January 1915, and was nicknamed Hammer (Slovak: Kladivo).^[3] He died on 13 May 1966 while coaching a training session in Modra at the age of 51.^[4]

Career statistics[edit]

International[edit]

Team^[2]	Year	Apps	Goals
Czechoslovakia	1938	1	0
Czechoslovakia	Total	1	0
Slovakia	1939	2	2
	1940	2	1
	1941	1	0
	1942	3	1
	1944	1	0
	Total	9	4
Career total		10	4

International goals[edit]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	27 August 1939	Stadion Slovana, Bratislava, Slovak Republic	Germany	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2	3 December 1939	Großkampfbahn, Chemnitz, Germany	Germany	1–0	1–3	Friendly
3	6 June 1940	Yunak Stadium, Sofia, Kingdom of Bulgaria	Bulgaria	2–1	4–1	Friendly
4	22 November 1942	Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovak Republic	Germany	1–3	2–5	Friendly

References[edit]

^ Jozef Luknár at WorldFootball.net
^ ^a ^b ^c "Jozef Luknár". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ "Jozef Luknár". ŠK Slovan Bratislava (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ Kšiňan, Jozef (1 September 2017). "Oprášené legendy: Jozef Luknár si musel neraz rozpárať nohavicovú časť trenírok" [Dusty legends: Jozef Luknár had to unravel his short trousers] (PDF). Slovak Football Association (in Slovak). p. 26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

External links[edit]

Jozef Luknár at FAČR (in Czech)
Jozef Luknár at National-Football-Teams.com
Jozef Luknár at FootballDatabase.eu

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[1] Jozef Luknár at WorldFootball.net

[EUF-2] "Jozef Luknár". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

[3] "Jozef Luknár". ŠK Slovan Bratislava (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

[4] Kšiňan, Jozef (1 September 2017). "Oprášené legendy: Jozef Luknár si musel neraz rozpárať nohavicovú časť trenírok" [Dusty legends: Jozef Luknár had to unravel his short trousers] (PDF). Slovak Football Association (in Slovak). p. 26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

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