Anton Švajlen (born 3 December 1937) is a Slovak former football goalkeeper who played over 300 games in the Czechoslovak First League for VSS Košice between 1959 and 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.

Anton Švajlen
Personal information
Date of birth (1937-12-03) 3 December 1937 (age 86)
Place of birth Solčany, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1974 VSS Košice 319 (11)
International career
1960–1966 Czechoslovakia B 3 (1)
1964–1968 Czechoslovakia Olympic 5 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 league goals during his club career,[2] all penalties, including five in the 1964–65 Czechoslovak First League.[3] He additionally scored a penalty in a UEFA Cup match against Spartak Moscow in a 2–1 Košice win, although the aggregate score of 2–3 resulted in Spartak progressing in the tournament.[4]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Brankář střelcem! Ale gól Sňozíka netěšil". fotbal.idnes.cz (in Czech). 25 November 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  3. ^ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague: Grada Publishing. p. 200. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
  4. ^ "History: Košice 2-1 Spartak Moskva". uefa.com. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
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