SOCCER PLAYER

František Šafránek

1931 - 1987

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František Šafránek (2 January 1931 – 27 June 1987) was a Czech football player. Šafránek played for several clubs, including Spartak Sokolovo (1949–1952) and Dukla Prague (1952–1966). He played for Czechoslovakia national team (22 matches and one goal), and was a participant at the 1954 FIFA World Cup, where he played in two matches, at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, and at the 1960 UEFA European Football Championship. He died from heart failure during the match of former Dukla Prague players in June 1987. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. František Šafránek is the 2,573rd most popular soccer player (up from 2,856th in 2019), the 575th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 608th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Czech Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, František Šafránek ranks 2,573 out of 21,273Before him are Jean Dockx, Vitinha, Wolfgang Peters, Kurt Jara, Jaime Lazcano, and Jimmy Murray. After him are Luiz Luz, Danny Rose, Marcos Paquetá, José Piendibene, Kees van Ierssel, and Alfonso Pérez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, František Šafránek ranks 347Before him are Alfred Swift, Mady Mesplé, Ivan Toplak, Alvin Ailey, Yuriy Voynov, and Cemal Süreya. After him are Marino Morettini, Kenny Burrell, Yoshiko Kuga, Lê Khả Phiêu, Jan Johansson, and José Vicente. Among people deceased in 1987, František Šafránek ranks 165Before him are Gerardo Diego, Yūjirō Ishihara, Gioacchino Colombo, Petro Grigorenko, Gerhard Fieseler, and Ethel Catherwood. After him are James Jesus Angleton, Leabua Jonathan, Solomana Kante, Alf Landon, Franjo Wölfl, and Alphonse Alley.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, František Šafránek ranks 575 out of 1,200Before him are Oldřich Lipský (1924), Ernst Streeruwitz (1874), Jan Blahoslav (1523), Milan Dvořák (1934), Karel Teige (1900), and Adolf Lang (1848). After him are Rudolf Friml (1879), Josephine Kablick (1787), Vladimír Holan (1905), Petr Kellner (1964), Walter Schleger (1929), and Arnold Pick (1851).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Czechia

Among soccer players born in Czechia, František Šafránek ranks 55Before him are Antonín Vodička (1907), Josef Zeman (1915), Tomáš Ujfaluši (1978), Jiří Čadek (1935), František Šterc (1912), and Milan Dvořák (1934). After him are Walter Schleger (1929), Václav Mašek (1941), Tomáš Galásek (1973), Čestmír Vycpálek (1921), Jan Lála (1938), and Karel Kolský (1914).