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Oldřich Nejedlý

1909 - 1990

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Oldřich Nejedlý (26 December 1909 – 11 June 1990) was a Czech footballer. He spent his entire professional career at Sparta Prague as an inside-forward. Nejedlý was the top goalscorer of the 1934 FIFA World Cup at international level. He died in 1990 at the age of 80 during the FIFA World Cup of said year, a tournament which took place in Italy after the 1934 edition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oldřich Nejedlý is the 158th most popular soccer player (up from 167th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 105th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Czech Soccer Player.

Oldřich Nejedlý was a Czechoslovakian communist politician. He was the Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1953. He was also the president of the Czechoslovakian National Assembly from 1963 to 1968.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Oldřich Nejedlý ranks 158 out of 21,273. Before him are Leônidas, Davor Šuker, Hiroaki Sato, Andy Cole, Alessandro Del Piero, and Jean-Marie Pfaff. After him are Hernán Crespo, Zoltán Czibor, Luigi Riva, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Héctor Scarone, and Vahid Halilhodžić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Oldřich Nejedlý ranks 33. Before him are Magda Schneider, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Carmen Miranda, Aleksandar Ranković, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and Fred Perry. After him are Colonel Tom Parker, Marinus van der Lubbe, Miep Gies, Juan Vicente Pérez, Teiichi Matsumaru, and John Fante. Among people deceased in 1990, Oldřich Nejedlý ranks 32. Before him are Sandro Pertini, Luigi Nono, Arthur Kennedy, Keith Haring, Tunku Abdul Rahman, and Barbara Stanwyck. After him are Michael Powell, Bruno Bettelheim, Rex Harrison, Manly P. Hall, Bruno Kreisky, and Lawrence Durrell.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Oldřich Nejedlý ranks 109 out of 1,200. Before him are František Kupka (1871), Agnes of Bohemia (1211), Julius Fučík (1903), Josef Mysliveček (1737), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897), and Josef Suk (1874). After him are Vratislaus II of Bohemia (1035), Konrad Henlein (1898), Jiří Menzel (1938), Zdeněk Miler (1921), Archduchess Anna of Austria (1528), and Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen (1856).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Czechia

Among soccer players born in Czechia, Oldřich Nejedlý ranks 5. Before him are Antonín Panenka (1948), Josef Masopust (1931), Pavel Nedvěd (1972), and Matthias Sindelar (1903). After him are 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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