Ladislav Novák

Ladislav Novák (5 December 1931 – 21 March 2011) was a Czech football defender and later a football manager. He played 75 matches for Czechoslovakia, 71 of them as a team captain.^[2]

Ladislav Novák

Personal information
Date of birth	(1931-12-05)5 December 1931
Place of birth	Louny, Czechoslovakia
Date of death	21 March 2011(2011-03-21) (aged 79)
Place of death	Ostředek, Czech Republic
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1944–1950	SK Louny
1950–1951	Technomat Teplice
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1952–1966	Dukla Prague	365	(23)
1966–1968	LIAZ Jablonec
International career
1952–1966[1]	Czechoslovakia	75	(1)
Managerial career
1968–1970	LIAZ Jablonec
1971–1972	Czechoslovakia
1972–1974	LIAZ Jablonec
1974–1977	K.S.C. Lokeren
1977–1979	Royal Antwerp FC
1979–1980	K. Beerschot V.A.C.
1980–1985	Dukla Prague
1986–1988	K.S.K. Beveren
1991	R.W.D. Molenbeek
Medal record Men's football Representing  Czechoslovakia FIFA World Cup Runner-up 1962 Chile
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was a participant in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, where Czechoslovakia won the silver medal.

He was also a participant in the 1954 FIFA World Cup and 1958 FIFA World Cup.

In his country Novák played mainly for Dukla Prague and won 8 championship titles with them.^[3]

After end of his playing career he worked as a football manager and coached Dukla Praha and briefly Czechoslovakia national team. He won the championship title with Dukla as a coach in 1982.

Honours

Czech Republic

• FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1962

Individual

• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1960^[4]