Jiri Sobotka
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Jiří Sobotka also known as: Georges Sobotka |
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| Date of birth | 6 June 1911 | ||
| Place of birth | Prague, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 20 May 1994 (aged 82) | ||
| Place of death | Intragna, Switzerland | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Čechoslovan Košíře | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1931–1939 | Slavia Prague | ||
| 1939–1941 | Hajduk Split | 34 | (17) |
| 1942 | Slavia Prague | ||
| 1943–1946 | SK Baťa Zlín | ||
| 1946–1951 | Chaux-de-Fonds | ||
| National team | |||
| 1934–1937 | Czechoslovakia | 23 | (8) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1940–1941 | Hajduk Split | ||
| 1946–1959 | Chaux-de-Fonds | ||
| 1959–1961 | Feyenoord | ||
| 1961–1965 | FC Basel | ||
| 1964 | Switzerland | ||
| 1965–1967 | FC Biel-Bienne | ||
| 1968–1969 | Charleroi | ||
| 1970 | UE Sant Andreu | ||
| 1971–1972 | Chaux-de-Fonds | ||
| 1972–1973 | FC Aarau | ||
| 1973–1976 | Bellinzona | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Jiří Sobotka (6 June 1911 – 20 May 1994), a.k.a. Georges Sobotka, is a former Czechoslovak footballer, who played internationally for Czechoslovakia (23 caps, 8 goals), and participated at the 1934 FIFA World Cup when Czechoslovakia came in second.
He played for SK Slavia Praha, Hajduk Split (winning the Banovina of Croatia first league) and FC La Chaux-de-Fonds.
During his period in Split, he played 36 league matches scoring 17 goals in the 1939-40 and 1940-41 seasons. Before arriving to Yugoslavia, he had been a player-coach in Switzerland with FC Winterthur.
After his playing career, he coached numerous clubs in Switzerland and won 6 Swiss cups. He also coached Charleroi in BelgiumUE Sant Andreu in Spain, and Switzerland national team.
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