Josef Masopust
Josef Masopust was born in Most, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic on February 9th, 1931 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 84, Josef Masopust biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Josef Masopust (9 February 1931 – June 29, 2015) was a Czech football player and mentor.
He played as a midfielder and was a key figure for Czechoslovakia, assisting them in the 1962 FIFA World Cup Final.
In 1962, he was capped 63 times and scored ten goals for his country.
Masopust was voted as his country's most outstanding player of the past 50 years by the Football Association of the Czech Republic in November 2003 to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee.
In March 2004, Pelé named him as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in the world.
Club career
When Masopust's first club, Uhlo Most, was lowly ZSJ Uhloest Most, but ZSJ Technomat Teplice (renamed to ZSJ Vodotechna Teplice in 1951) signed him as a 19-year-old left-half and gave him his top-flight debut. ATK Praha, a Czechoslovak Armed Forces football team, was founded in 1952 (renamed to DA Praha in 1953 and to Dukla Prague in 1956). Masopust has won eight league titles and three national cups with Dukla. They also qualified for the 1966–67 European Cup semi-finals, losing to the eventual champions of the tournament (Celtic).
When he first went to the United States in 1968, he helped Crossing Molenbeek win promotion to the Belgian first division as player-coach. His teaching career at Dukla continued, but his first Czechoslovak league title as a coach came with Zbrojovka Brno in the 1977–78 season. He coached the Czechoslovakia national team from 1984 to 1987, governing a total of 27 matches. He then spent a few years in Indonesia, where he coached their national Olympic football team with Milan Bok'a between 1988 and 1991.
International career
Masopust made his international debut in October 1954, against Hungary in a friendly match. He helped Czechoslovakia qualify for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but the team was disqualified after a play-off match against Northern Ireland. He then went on to finish the 1955-60 Central European International Cup as the champion of the 1960s. Czechoslovakia then finished in third position in the new tournament 1960 UEFA European Football Championship, losing to the Soviet Union in the semi-final and defeating France in the third place match.
Masopust was the Czechoslovakia team that qualified to the 1962 FIFA World Cup Final, losing to Brazil. In the Finals, he scored the opening goal, but Brazil came back to win 3–1. In 1962, he was named European Footballer of the Year because of his appearance in the World Cup Finals.
Masopust, a former member of the Rest of the World Team against England in 1963, was invited to play for a European International XI in Stanley Matthews' farewell game. Czechoslovakia failed to qualify for the 1966 World Cup; Masopust had only participated in one qualifying match, a 1–0 loss to Romania in May 1965. In a friendly match against the Soviet Union in May 1966, his last international appearance came in May 1966. He was capped 63 times for his country, scoring ten goals.