Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 August 1950 | ||
Place of birth | Rybany, Czechoslovakia | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1970–1972 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | ||
1972–1983 | Slovan Bratislava | ||
1983–1984 | SC Neusiedl am See | ||
1984–1985 | ZŤS Petržalka | ||
National team | |||
1974–1982 | Czechoslovakia | 75 | (18) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Marián Masný (born 13 August 1950 in Rybany) is a Slovak former football player. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 75 matches and scored 18 goals. His brother Vojtech was also football player.
He was a participant at the 1976 UEFA European Championship, where Czechoslovakia won the gold medal, and at the 1980 UEFA European Championship where they came third and at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
Masný started out at amateur football clubs Jednota Trenčin and then Dukla Banska Bystrica before joining professional team played Slovan Bratislava. He played most of his career for Slovan Bratislava from 1968 to 1989 and also played briefly for Petržalka before he retired in 1990.
Kevin Keegan described Masny as "one of the world's most skilful wingers". Masny created two goals in a three-minute spell against Keegan's England squad in a European championship match in Bratislava, 1975.