Svatopluk Pluskal was the coach of which team after Dec 1978?
Svatopluk Pluskal Svatopluk Pluskal ( 28 October 1930 – 29 May 2005 ) was a Czechoslovak footballer and holder of a silver medal from the World Cup in Chile in 1962 . Early life . Svatopluk Pluskal started playing football in his home town , where he played for several clubs . With ( Baťa Zlín – Svit Gottwaldov ) he achieved promotion to the top league . He achieved individual success when he was selected for the junior international team . He was able to play in most positions , but in Zlín he played mainly as a striker . Pre-International Career . In 1951 he moved to Prague where he became an important player for a newly founded army football club ( ATK , later called ÚDA and Dukla Prague ) , for whom he played mainly as a defensive midfielder . In almost 16 years with this club , he was 8-time champion of the league but he achieved his most important successes at the club level in the United States . Dukla Praha with Pluskal in its line-up won the American Cup ( a tournament of teams from football-developed countries ) three times in a row in the first half of the 1960s . In 1962 Pluskal scored the winning goal in the final against Brazilian team FC America . International career . He played in the Czechoslovak international team from 1952 ( starting as a defender ) and played in three World Cups . In 1954 he took part in the record 0–5 defeat by Austria in Switzerland . Four years later , at the 1958 world cup finals , Pluskal played in more games . Losing 1–0 to Northern Ireland , drawing 2–2 with West Germany , and scoring a remarkable 6–1 victory over Argentina , under modern rules they would have gone through . Under the rules of the time , having equal points , a play-off had to decide , and Northern Ireland beat them for the second time , this time 2–1 after extra time . In the 1962 World Cup in Chile , Pluskal was a member of the line-up . With his teammate from Dukla , Josef Masopust , he formed the key midfield of the 4–2–4 formation . Thanks to Pluskal , the team that had had to qualify for the Championships in a playoff with Scotland had got to the World Cup final . There it was beaten by Brazil . In 1965 , Pluskal played in the unsuccessful qualification campaign for the World Cup in England , but with this his international career ended . He played 56 matches in Czechoslovak colours and scored one goal . Thanks to his important contribution to the success in Chile , Pluskal received recognition on the international stage . On 23 October 1963 , he was a member of the Rest of the World team that took on England at Wembley in front of 100,000 fans , to celebrate 100 years of English football . A year later , he played for the Europe team in Belgrade against Yugoslavia , and appeared for Europe again in 1965 against Great Britain . Pluskals career was ended by a knee injury in 1967 . In the league he played 282 matches and scored 37 goals . He was a universal footballer , a good header of the ball , and he was famous for his slide tackles , with which he cleanly took the ball from his opponents . Although players often protested against this style of play , referees usually considered it to be within the rules . During his football career , this tireless fighter became an impenetrable shield , able to concentrate on what was needed . Off the field , he helped the team with his easy humour . Late life . As with many other former players , Pluskal became a coach . He did this job for Plzeň clubs Škoda and Slovan , later on for FC Bohemians Praha and for a few years in Enosis Neon Paralimni of Cyprus . He helped Bohemians with their promotion to the First Division . After a brain stroke Pluskal was confined to bed . He died at the age of 74 . External links . - Biography