Čestmír Vycpálek

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Čestmír Vycpálek
Personal information
Full name Čestmír Vycpálek
Date of birth May 15, 1921(1921-05-15)
Place of birth    Prague, Czechoslovakia
Date of death    May 5, 2002 (aged 80)
Place of death    Palermo, Italy
Playing position Right winger
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
 ?-1946
1946-1947
1947-1952
1952-1958		 Flag of Czechoslovakia SK Slavia Praha
Flag of Italy Juventus
Flag of Italy Palermo
Flag of Italy Parma		  ? (?)
27 (5)
143 (23)
151 (28)   
Teams managed
1958-1960
1960-1961
1962-1964
?
?
1970
1970-1971
1971-1974		 Flag of Italy Palermo
Flag of Italy Siracusa
Flag of Italy Valdagno
Flag of Italy Palermo (youth squad)
Flag of Italy Juve Bagheria
Flag of Italy Mazara
Flag of Italy Juventus (youth squad)
Flag of Italy Juventus

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Čestmír Vycpálek (Prague, 15 May 1921 - Palermo, 5 May 2002) was a former Czech football player and manager. He was uncle of noted football manager Zdeněk Zeman.[1]

[edit] Playing career

A good right winger, Vycpálek moved in 1946 to Juventus from Slavia Prague, and in 1947 to Palermo, in Serie B at the time, leading the team to an immediate promotion to the top division, and playing 143 times, with 23 goals, in five seasons for the rosanero.[1] In the season 1952–1953, Vycpálek then signed for Parma, where he played at Serie B and Serie C level. Vycpálek abandoned his playing career in 1958, at the age of 37.[2]

[edit] Coaching career

Before to enjoy some relevant success at the managing level, Vycpálek had several minor experiences, often not particularly lucky. He started his coaching career for Palermo, where he relocated with his family after Czechoslovakia was occupied by the Soviet Red Army after the Prague Spring.[1] He then coached minor league teams such as Siracusa,[3] Valdagno[4] and Juve Bagheria.

In the early 1970s, however, after having been fired by Sicilian Serie D team Mazara,[5] Vycpálek went back to Juventus, thanks also to his old friend Giampiero Boniperti, who was a board member in that times, and became coach for the youth team. But, in 1971, after the sudden death of Armando Picchi, Vycpálek was named new head coach of Juventus. It was the beginning of a successful period which led the team to two consecutive scudetti, in 1972 and 1973.

Vycpálek died on 5 May 2002 in Palermo, the same day of the Juventus' triumph in the 2001–2002 Serie A.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Cestmir Vycpalek (Italian). Pianeta Rosanero. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
  2. ^ Cestmir Vycpalek (Italian). Juventus FC Fansite. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
  3. ^ Storia (Italian). Siracusa Calcio. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
  4. ^ Marzotto V. - piazzamenti (Italian). Calcio di Eccellenza. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
  5. ^ AMARCORD ...dall'Album dei ricordi (Italian). BYPASS. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
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Persondata
NAME Vycpálek, Čestmír
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vycpálek, Čestmír
SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer and manager
DATE OF BIRTH 1921-5-15
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague, Czechoslovakia
DATE OF DEATH 2002-5-5
PLACE OF DEATH Palermo, Italy