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Antonín Panenka

1948 - Today

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Antonín Panenka (born 2 December 1948) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He spent most of his career at Czechoslovak club Bohemians Prague before having spells with various Austrian clubs including Rapid Wien. Panenka won UEFA Euro 1976 with Czechoslovakia and gained recognition for his winning penalty kick in the shoot-out of the final against West Germany where he scored with a softly-chipped ball up the middle of the goal as the goalkeeper dived away. This style of penalty is now known as a panenka. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antonín Panenka is the 47th most popular soccer player (down from 41st in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 48th in 2019) and the most popular Czech Soccer Player.

Antonín Panenka is most famous for scoring the winning goal for Czechoslovakia in the 1976 European Championship Final with a penalty kick.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Antonín Panenka ranks 47 out of 21,273. Before him are Ronaldinho, Lothar Matthäus, Paolo Rossi, Ruud Gullit, László Kubala, and Romário. After him are Fernando Santos, Ricardo Zamora, Omar Sívori, Mircea Lucescu, Pak Sung-hyok, and Ri Kwang-hyok.

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Among people born in 1948, Antonín Panenka ranks 34. Before him are Olivia Newton-John, Marcello Lippi, George Tupou V, Henning Mankell, Patrizia Reggiani, and Andrzej Sapkowski. After him are Sven-Göran Eriksson, Sauli Niinistö, Keke Rosberg, Steven Tyler, Yoshihide Suga, and Elizabeth Blackburn.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Antonín Panenka ranks 56 out of 1,200. Before him are Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289), Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271), Madeleine Albright (1937), Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1547), Emil Hácha (1872), and Adalbert of Prague (955). After him are George of Poděbrady (1420), Milena Jesenská (1896), Eugen Böhm von Bawerk (1851), Josef Masopust (1931), Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896), and Anton Raphael Mengs (1728).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Czechia

Among soccer players born in Czechia, Antonín Panenka ranks 1. After him are Josef Masopust (1931), Pavel Nedvěd (1972), Matthias Sindelar (1903), Oldřich Nejedlý (1909), František Plánička (1904), Jan Koller (1973), Ivo Viktor (1942), Petr Čech (1982), Tomáš Rosický (1980), Antonín Puč (1907), and Sigfried Held (1942).

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