Alexander_Vencel_(born_1967)
Alexander Vencel (footballer, born 1967)
Slovak professional football goalkeeper (born 1967)
Alexander Vencel (born 2 March 1967) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He works as goalkeeping coach and assistant manager of Jordan.[1]
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Vencel in 2006 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1967-03-02) 2 March 1967 (age 57) | ||
| Place of birth | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1994 | Slovan Bratislava | 132 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | → RH Cheb (loan) | 28 | (0) |
| 1994–2000 | Strasbourg | 184 | (0) |
| 2000–2005 | Le Havre | 188 | (0) |
| Total | 532 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1991–1992 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | (0) |
| 1994–1998 | Slovakia | 19 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018– | Jordan (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Bratislava, Vencel debuted professionally with Slovan Bratislava in the 1988–89 season.
He signed for French team RC Strasbourg Alsace in 1994, and helped them win the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup[2] and the Coupe de la Ligue in 1997.[3] In the 1999–2000 season he saw limited playing time and went to Le Havre AC in Ligue 2. He helped them win promotion in 2002, but they were relegated the following season.
Vencel got 19 caps for the Slovak national team between 1994 and 1998, plus 2 caps for Czechoslovakia from 1991 to 1992.[4] He is the son of Alexander Vencel senior, who played for the Czechoslovak national team in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.
Club
| Club | Season | League | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | |||
| Slovan Bratislava | 1987–88 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1988–89 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 1990–91 | 30 | 0 | |||
| 1991–92 | 30 | 0 | |||
| 1992–93 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 1993–94 | 31 | 0 | |||
| Total | 132 | 0 | – | ||
| RH Cheb (loan) | 1989–90 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Strasbourg | 1994–95 | Ligue 1 | 37 | 0 | [5] |
| 1995–96 | Ligue 1 | 38 | 0 | [5] | |
| 1996–97 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 0 | [5] | |
| 1997–98 | Ligue 1 | 32 | 0 | [5] | |
| 1998–99 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 0 | [5] | |
| 1999–2000 | Ligue 1 | 17 | 0 | [5] | |
| Total | 184 | 0 | – | ||
| Le Havre | 2000–01 | Ligue 2 | 38 | 0 | [5] |
| 2001–02 | Ligue 2 | 38 | 0 | [5] | |
| 2002–03 | Ligue 1 | 38 | 0 | [5] | |
| 2003–04 | Ligue 2 | 36 | 0 | [5] | |
| 2004–05 | Ligue 2 | 38 | 0 | [5] | |
| Total | 188 | 11 | – | ||
| Career total | 532 | 0 | – | ||
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechoslovakia | 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
| Slovakia | 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 0 | |
- "Strasbourg-Wacker 1995". uefa.com. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- "RC Strasbourg Alsace - Girondins de Bordeaux". ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- "Alexander Vencel » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- Alexander Vencel at National-Football-Teams.com
- Alexander Vencel at L'Équipe Football (in French)
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