Jozef Luknár

Jozef Luknár

Personal information
Full name	Jozef Luknár
Date of birth	(1915-01-15)15 January 1915
Place of birth	Ivanka pri Dunaji, Bohemia, Cisleithania, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	13 May 1966(1966-05-13) (aged 51)
Place of death	Modra, Slovak SR, Czechoslovakia
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1936	Štefánik Ivanka
1936–1946	1. ČsŠK/ŠK Bratislava	192	(119)
1946–1947	SK Olomouc ASO
International career
1938	Czechoslovakia	1	(0)
1939–1944	Slovakia	9	(4)
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

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

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

International

Team[2]	Year	Apps	Goals
Czechoslovakia	1938	1	0
	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

Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first.^[2]

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

1. Jozef Luknár at WorldFootball.net
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.

External links

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