Antonin Panenka
Panenka in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Antonín Panenka | ||
| Date of birth | 2 December 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Prague, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder | ||
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Current team
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Bohemians Praha (Chairman) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1958–1967 | Bohemians Praha | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1981 | Bohemians Praha | 230 | (76) |
| 1981–1985 | Rapid Wien | 127 | (63) |
| 1985–1987 | VSE St. Pölten | ||
| 1987–1989 | SK Slovan Wien | ||
| 1989–1991 | ASV Hohenau | ||
| 1991–1993 | Kleinwiesendorf | ||
| National team | |||
| 1973–1982 | Czechoslovakia | 59 | (17) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Antonín Panenka (born 2 December 1948 in Prague) is a Czech former footballer. He played most of his career for Bohemians Prague. Panenka won UEFA Euro 1976 with Czechoslovakia. In the final against West Germany, he scored the winning penalty in the shootout with a softly-chipped ball up the middle of the goal as the goalkeeper 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 at Euro 1980.
An attacking midfielder known for the quality of his passing and his free kicks, Panenka played for Bohemians Praha for most of his career, joining the club in 1967. In 1981, Panenka left Bohemians for Austrian club Rapid Wien, where he won two Bundesliga titles and an Austrian Cup. In 1985 Rapid reached the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final; Panenka played as a substitute, but his side lost 3–1 to Everton. Later that year, Panenka moved to VSE St. Pölten and played two more seasons before moving into the lower leagues in Austria, playing from 1987–89 for Slovan Vienna, from 1989–91 for ASV Hohenau and from 1991–93 for Kleinwiesendorf.
Panenka came to international prominence playing for Czechoslovakia at UEFA Euro 1976, where Czechoslovakia reached the final, facing West Germany. After extra time, the match finished 2–2, and so the first penalty shootout in a European Championships final ensued. The first seven kicks were converted until West Germany's fourth penalty taker, Uli Hoeneß, ballooned his shot over the bar. With the score 4–3, Panenka stepped up to take the fifth Czechoslovakian penalty, to win the match under immense pressure. He feigned shooting to the side of the goal, causing German goalkeeper Sepp Maier dive to his left, and then gently chipped the ball into the middle of the net. The sheer cheek of the goal led a watching French journalist to dub Panenka "a poet", and to this day his winning kick is one of the most famous ever, making Panenka's name synonymous with that particular style of penalty kick.
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