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Antonín Panenka
Midfielder, Football player
1948 –
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Who is Antonín Panenka?
Antonín Panenka is a Czech former footballer. He played most of his career for Bohemians Prague. Panenka won the 1976 European Championship with Czechoslovakia. In the final against West Germany he scored the winning penalty in the shootout with a softly chipped ball up the middle as the goalie dived away; this style of penalty is now called the Panenka penalty. In 1980 he won Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year and his team finished third in the 1980 European Championship.
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- Born
- Dec 2, 1948
Prague - Also known as
- Antonin Panenka
- Nationality
- Czech Republic
- Lived in
- Prague
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on July 23, 2013
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