Alexander Vencel (footballer, born 1967)

Alexander Vencel
Vencel in 2006
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-03-02) 2 March 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1994 Slovan Bratislava 132 (0)
1989–1990 → RH Cheb (loan) 28 (0)
1994–2000 Strasbourg 184 (0)
2000–2005 Le Havre 188 (0)
Total 532 (0)
International career
1991–1992 Czechoslovakia 2 (0)
1994–1998 Slovakia 19 (0)
Managerial career
2018– Jordan (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Vencel (born 2 March 1967) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He works as goalkeeping coach and assistant manager of Jordan.[1]

Career

Born in Bratislava, Vencel debuted professionally with Slovan Bratislava in the 1988–89 season.

He signed for French team RC Strasbourg Alsace in 1994, and helped them win the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup[2] and the Coupe de la Ligue in 1997.[3] In the 1999–2000 season he saw limited playing time and went to Le Havre AC in Ligue 2. He helped them win promotion in 2002, but they were relegated the following season.

Vencel got 19 caps for the Slovak national team between 1994 and 1998, plus 2 caps for Czechoslovakia from 1991 to 1992.[4] He is the son of Alexander Vencel senior, who played for the Czechoslovak national team in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Ref.
Division Apps Goals
Slovan Bratislava 1987–88 0 0
1988–89 12 0
1990–91 30 0
1991–92 30 0
1992–93 29 0
1993–94 31 0
Total 132 0 –
RH Cheb (loan) 1989–90 28 0
Strasbourg 1994–95 Ligue 1 37 0 [5]
1995–96 Ligue 1 38 0 [5]
1996–97 Ligue 1 30 0 [5]
1997–98 Ligue 1 32 0 [5]
1998–99 Ligue 1 30 0 [5]
1999–2000 Ligue 1 17 0 [5]
Total 184 0 –
Le Havre 2000–01 Ligue 2 38 0 [5]
2001–02 Ligue 2 38 0 [5]
2002–03 Ligue 1 38 0 [5]
2003–04 Ligue 2 36 0 [5]
2004–05 Ligue 2 38 0 [5]
Total 188 11 –
Career total 532 0 –

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National team Year Apps Goals
Czechoslovakia 1991 1 0
1992 1 0
Total 2 0
Slovakia 1994 4 0
1995 2 0
1996 3 0
1997 4 0
1998 6 0
Total 19 0

References

  1. ^ "Alexander Vencel mladší je v ďalšej zaujímavej destinácii, veľký test čaká v januári". 30 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Strasbourg-Wacker 1995". uefa.com. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  3. ^ "RC Strasbourg Alsace - Girondins de Bordeaux". ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  4. ^ "FOTBAL.CZ - Reprezentace A - statistiky".
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Alexander Vencel » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  6. ^ Alexander Vencel at National-Football-Teams.com


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