Ladislav Kuna

Ladislav Kuna (3 April 1947 – 1 February 2012)^[2] was a Slovak footballer and manager who played as a central midfielder.

Ladislav Kuna

Kuna in 1966
Personal information
Date of birth	(1947-04-03)3 April 1947
Place of birth	Hlohovec, Czechoslovakia
Date of death	1 February 2012(2012-02-01) (aged 64)
Place of death	Bratislava, Slovakia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Slovan Hlohovec
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1980	Spartak Trnava	424	(86)
1980–1983	Admira Wien	90	(6)
Total		514	(92)
International career
1966–1974[1]	Czechoslovakia	47	(9)
Managerial career
1988–1990	Spartak Trnava
1991–1992	Mödling
1992–1993	1. Wiener Neustädter
1995–1996	Trenčín
1997–1999	Piešťany
1999–2001	Dunajská Streda
2001–2004	Podbrezová
2005	Dunajská Streda
2005–2010	Martin
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kuna played 424 matches and scored 86 goals in the Czechoslovak First League, all for Spartak Trnava. His number of appearances in the Czechoslovak First League was previously the record,^[3] and was only bettered by Přemysl Bičovský. He received 47 appearances for Czechoslovakia, scoring nine goals, and participated at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. In 1969, Kuna was named Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year.^[4] Kuna was chairman of Spartak Trnava from 2006 until his death in February 2012 after a long battle with cancer.^[5]

Honours

Player

Spartak Trnava

• Czechoslovak First League: 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973
• Czechoslovak Cup: 1967, 1971, 1975
• Slovak Cup: 1971, 1975
• Mitropa Cup: 1967; runner-up 1968

Individual

• Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year: 1969

• World XI: 1973^[6]