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Ladislav Kuna
	Kuna in 1966
Personal information
Date of birth	3 April 1947
Place of birth	Hlohovec, Czechoslovakia
Date of death	1 February 2012 (aged 64)
Place of death	Bratislava, Slovakia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Slovan Hlohovec
Senior career*
Years	Team
1964–1980	Spartak Trnava
1980–1983	Admira Wien
Total
International career
1966–1974	Czechoslovakia
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

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

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]

Honours

Player

Spartak Trnava

Czechoslovak First League
- Winners (5): 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973
Czechoslovak Cup
- Winners (3): 1967, 1971, 1975
Slovak Cup
- Winners (2): 1971, 1975
Mitropa Cup
- Winners (1): 1967
- Runner-up (1): 1968

Individual

Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year (1): 1969

References

^ "Ladislav Kuna - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
^ "Czechosklovakia's Kuna passes away at 64". UEFA. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
^ Truchlik, Ivan (2015). Futbalový atlas sveta (in Slovak). Prague, Czech Republic: Ottovo Nakladatelství. p. 644. ISBN 978-80-7451-455-5.
^ 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.
^ "Zomrel kráľ futbalovej Trnavy Ladislav Kuna". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Ringier Axel Springier Slovakia. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2019.