, Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

), nicknamed Joschi during his career in Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

, is 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 striker and later coach

Coach (sport)

In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...

. He played for Slovan Bratislava

ŠK Slovan Bratislava

ŠK Slovan Bratislava is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Corgoň liga. Founded as 1. ČsŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name to Slovan Bratislava in 1953...

, Rudá Hvězda Brno

Rudá Hvezda Brno

Rudá Hvezda Brno, also known as Red Star Brno and RH Brno was a Czech football club from the city of Brno.The club played 4 years in the Czechoslovak top flight; after the 1960/61 season it amalgamated with Spartak ZJŠ Brno....

, Tatran Prešov

1. FC Tatran Prešov

1. FC Tatran Prešov is a Slovak football team, based in the city of Prešov. Tatran Prešov is the oldest football team in Slovakia, founded on the 25th May 1898. The "Green and Whites" played 32 seasons in the Czechoslovakian top division. Tatran became the dark horse of Czechoslovakian football in...

 and Wacker Innsbruck

FC Wacker Innsbruck

FC Wacker Innsbruck was Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol.- History :The Fußball-Club Wacker Innsbruck was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and other now unknown football enthusiasts and adopted club colours of black and...

. He scored 92 goals 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...

.

Obert earned four caps

Cap (sport)

In sports, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance on a select team, such as a national team. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of association football...

 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 debuted against Soviet Union in friendly match

Exhibition game

An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...

 on 30 August 1958.

Obert acted as an assistant coach of Slovan Bratislava

ŠK Slovan Bratislava

ŠK Slovan Bratislava is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Corgoň liga. Founded as 1. ČsŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name to Slovan Bratislava in 1953...

 alongside Anton Malatinský

Anton Malatinský

Anton Malatinský was a Czechoslovak football player and coach.He was a technically disposed midfielder and playmaker. As a coach, he was regarded as a good strategist....

 (1978–81) and as a head coach of Casino Salzburg (1981–84), Slovan Bratislava

ŠK Slovan Bratislava

ŠK Slovan Bratislava is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Corgoň liga. Founded as 1. ČsŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name to Slovan Bratislava in 1953...

 (1985) and 1. FC 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...

(1994).

External links

• Jozef Obert at The Football Association of the Czech Republic