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Karel Pešek

1895 - 1970

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Karel "Káďa" Pešek (20 September 1895 in Olomouc, Austria-Hungary – 30 September 1970 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey and football player. He played as midfielder for Sparta Prague and the Czechoslovak football national team. He played from 1913 to 1933 (interrupted only by military service during World War I), scoring 149 goals in his club career. Pešek was voted by IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statistics) as the 81st greatest European footballer of the 20th century, and the third greatest Czechoslovakian player of the 20th century behind Josef Bican and Josef Masopust. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karel Pešek is the 2,257th most popular soccer player (up from 3,342nd in 2019), the 547th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 653rd in 2019) and the 48th most popular Czech Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Karel Pešek ranks 2,257 out of 21,273. Before him are Stephan Lichtsteiner, Hendrik Isemborghs, Fabián Ruiz, Pedro Zaballa, Ansu Fati, and Abdulrahman Fawzi. After him are Mágico González, Boudewijn Zenden, Éder Militão, Alexander Frei, Antonín Vodička, and Steve Perryman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Karel Pešek ranks 203. Before him are Giuseppe Bottai, Ruth Fischer, Hans Rosbaud, Ayna Sultanova, Yellapragada Subbarow, and Bert Lahr. After him are Paavo Johansson, Nikolay Shchors, Pauline Pfeiffer, Geo Milev, Virginia Rappe, and Leo Ornstein. Among people deceased in 1970, Karel Pešek ranks 178. Before him are William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Johnny Hodges, Alice Hamilton, Nathan Altman, Anna Louise Strong, and Marcel Minnaert. After him are Julius Pokorny, Shoichi Sakata, Paul Schmidt, Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Arne Nyberg, and Christopher Kelk Ingold.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Karel Pešek ranks 547 out of 1,200. Before him are Gerhard Auer (1943), Gustav Machatý (1901), František Douda (1908), Prince Karl of Auersperg (1814), Jan Janský (1873), and Paulina Porizkova (1965). After him are Antonín Vodička (1907), Ludvík Vaculík (1926), Julius Pokorny (1887), Josef Zeman (1915), Karel Mejta Sr (1928), and Tomáš Ujfaluši (1978).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Czechia

Among soccer players born in Czechia, Karel Pešek ranks 48. Before him are Ehrenfried Patzel (1914), Ladislav Ženíšek (1904), Peter Ducke (1941), Josef Vojta (1935), Jaroslav Burgr (1906), and Tomáš Pospíchal (1936). After him are Antonín Vodička (1907), Josef Zeman (1915), Tomáš Ujfaluši (1978), Jiří Čadek (1935), František Šterc (1912), and Milan Dvořák (1934).

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