French
DeutschFrantišek Kloz
 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 May 1905 | ||
| Place of birth | Mlékosrby, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 13 June 1945 (aged 40) | ||
| Place of death | Louny, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Nový Bydžov | |||
| Chlumec nad Cidlinou | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1926–1927 | Slavoj Roudnice nad Labem | ||
| 1927–1928 | SK Roudnice | ||
| 1928–1930 | SK Kladno | ||
| 1931 | SK Slavia Praha | ||
| 1932 | SK Kladno | ||
| 1933 | Sparta Prague | ||
| 1934–1940 | SK Kladno | ||
| 1940–1941 | SK Slaný | ||
| 1941–1943 | Slavoj Roudnice nad Labem | ||
| 1943–1945 | SK Vinařice | ||
| International career | |||
| 1929–1937 | Czechoslovakia | 10 | (6) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1942–1943 | SK Kladno | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
František Kloz (19 May 1905 – 13 June 1945) was a Czech football player.
Club career
[edit]Kloz played most of his career for SK Kladno and became its manager in 1942-43. He scored 175 goals in 192 matches in the Czechoslovak First League (172 for Kladno, 3 for Slavia), making him the third highest scorer in the competition's history.[1] He was twice the top goalscorer of the league, the first time in the 1929-30 season with 15 and the second in the 1936-37 season with 28 goals.
International career
[edit]He played for Czechoslovakia national team, from 1929 to 1937 - scoring six goals in 10 matches. He made his international debut on 28 October 1929 in a Friendly against Yugoslavia, and he only needed 2 minutes to leave his mark as he netted the opening goal in a 4-3 win. However, it took him 7 years to score another goal for his nation, but the wait was worth it as he scored not one, but four goals against Switzerland in a 1936–38 Central European Cup fixture. His last international goal was a late winner against Austria in 24 October 1937.[2]
International goals
[edit]- Czechoslovakia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kloz goal.
| No. | Cap | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 28 October 1929 | Stadion Letná, Prague, Czechoslovakia |  Yugoslavia | 1–0 | 4–3 | Friendly |
| 2 | 4 | 18 October 1936 |  Hungary | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1936–38 Central European Cup | |
| 3 | 2–1 | ||||||
| 4 | 3–2 | ||||||
| 5 | 4–2 | ||||||
| 6 | 8 | 24 October 1937 |  Austria | 2–1 | 2–1 |
World War II
[edit]An anti-Nazi during German occupation of Czechoslovakia in World War II, in May 1945 Kloz went out to fight as a volunteer non-soldier against German Nazi occupants. He was seriously wounded on 7 May, when his party sought to capture a German-held ammunition store two days before the enemy surrendered in Czechoslovakia. He died a month later in a hospital in Louny.[3]
Legacy
[edit]Kloz is the most famous player in the history of SK Kladno. The team's home stadium is named after him.
References
[edit]- ^ "Slavia Top Scorers of All Times". SK Slavia Praha. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ^ a b "František Kloz". football.eu. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ^ "František Kloz". Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
External links
[edit]- (in Czech) ČMFS entry
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
  | This biographical article related to association football in the Czech Republic, about a forward, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
| This biographical article relating to Czechoslovak football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |