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Antonín Panenka

1948 - Today

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Antonín Panenka (born 2 December 1948) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He spent most of his career at Czechoslovak club Bohemians Prague before having spells with various Austrian clubs including Rapid Wien. Panenka won UEFA Euro 1976 with Czechoslovakia and gained recognition for his winning penalty kick in the shoot-out of the final against West Germany, where he scored with a softly-chipped ball up the middle of the goal as the goalkeeper dived away. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antonín Panenka has received more than 757,152 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Antonín Panenka is the 41st most popular soccer player (up from 43rd in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 52nd in 2019) and the most popular Czech Soccer Player.

Antonín Panenka is most famous for scoring the winning goal for Czechoslovakia in the 1976 European Championship Final with a penalty kick.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Antonín Panenka ranks 41 out of 21,273. Before him are Vavá, Roberto Baggio, Ronaldinho, Ruud Gullit, Paolo Maldini, and Sándor Kocsis. After him are Jürgen Klinsmann, Gunnar Nordahl, Djalma Santos, Josef Masopust, Omar Sívori, and Zlatan Ibrahimović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Antonín Panenka ranks 18. Before him are Sauli Niinistö, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ozzy Osbourne, Jan Palach, Jeremy Irons, and Olivia Newton-John. After him are Henning Mankell, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Marcello Lippi, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Andrzej Sapkowski, and Abdulrazak Gurnah.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Antonín Panenka ranks 48 out of 1,200. Before him are Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907), Bernard Bolzano (1781), Adolf Loos (1870), Madeleine Albright (1937), Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289), and Ludvík Svoboda (1895). After him are Gerty Cori (1896), Josef Masopust (1931), Adalbert of Prague (955), Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271), Karel Gott (1939), and Emil Hácha (1872).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Czechia

Among soccer players born in Czechia, Antonín Panenka ranks 1. After him are Josef Masopust (1931), Matthias Sindelar (1903), Pavel Nedvěd (1972), Oldřich Nejedlý (1909), František Plánička (1904), Jan Koller (1973), Hugo Meisl (1881), Petr Čech (1982), Ivo Viktor (1942), Antonín Puč (1907), and Sigfried Held (1942).

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