Jozef Desiatnik was a former Slovak

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 football defender or midfielder and later coach

Coach (sport)

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. He played for VSS Košice

MFK Košice

MFK Košice is a professional Slovak first division football club based in Košice. The club, founded in 1952, won the Slovak League twice, the Slovak Cup four times and the Czechoslovak Cup once. The most successful era of the club has been in 70's and 90's years of past century which they have...

 from 1965 to 1972 and he finished his career in VSŽ Košice. During his seven seasons at the Czechoslovak First League

Czechoslovak First League

The Czechoslovak First League was the premier football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who formed Gauliga Sudetenland and Gauliga Böhmen und Mähren leagues on occupied territories...

 he played 180 matches and scored 10 goals.

Desiatnik was capped 5 times for the Czechoslovakia national football team

Czechoslovakia national football team

The Czechoslovakia national football team was the national association football team of Czechoslovakia from 1922 to 1993. At the dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the end of 1992, the team was participating in UEFA qualifying Group 4 for the 1994 World Cup; it completed this campaign under the name...

 and made his debut against Finland

Finland national football team

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 on 7 October 1970.

External links

• Jozef Desiatnik at The Football Association of the Czech Republic