Ladislav Kuna (3 April 1947 – 1 February 2012)[2] was a Slovak footballer and manager who played as a central midfielder.

Ladislav Kuna
Kuna in 1966
Personal information
Date of birth (1947-04-03)3 April 1947
Place of birth Hlohovec, Czechoslovakia
Date of death 1 February 2012(2012-02-01) (aged 64)
Place of death Bratislava, Slovakia
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Slovan Hlohovec
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1980 Spartak Trnava 424 (86)
1980–1983 Admira Wien 90 (6)
Total 514 (92)
International career
1966–1974[1] Czechoslovakia 47 (9)
Managerial career
1988–1990 Spartak Trnava
1991–1992 Mödling
1992–1993 1. Wiener Neustädter
1995–1996 Trenčín
1997–1999 Piešťany
1999–2001 Dunajská Streda
2001–2004 Podbrezová
2005 Dunajská Streda
2005–2010 Martin
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kuna played 424 matches and scored 86 goals in the Czechoslovak First League, all for Spartak Trnava. His number of appearances in the Czechoslovak First League was previously the record,[3] and was only bettered by Přemysl Bičovský. He received 47 appearances for Czechoslovakia, scoring nine goals, and participated at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. In 1969, Kuna was named Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year.[4] Kuna was chairman of Spartak Trnava from 2006 until his death in February 2012 after a long battle with cancer.[5]

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Spartak Trnava

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References

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  1. ^ "Ladislav Kuna - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. ^ "Czechosklovakia's Kuna passes away at 64". UEFA. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  3. ^ Truchlik, Ivan (2015). Futbalový atlas sveta (in Slovak). Prague, Czech Republic: Ottovo Nakladatelství. p. 644. ISBN 978-80-7451-455-5.
  4. ^ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal | lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. pp. 105–106. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
  5. ^ "Zomrel kráľ futbalovej Trnavy Ladislav Kuna". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Ringier Axel Springier Slovakia. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
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