Josef Čapek

Josef Čapek (1 August 1902 – 5 May 1983 ) was a Czech footballer who played for SK Slavia Prague, SK Kladno and the Czechoslovak national team.

Club career Born in Prague in 1902, he begin playing with Viktoria Žižkov in 1914 but in 1915 he joined the youth team of Slavia Prague. In 1920 Čapek had a short spell in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes playing with SK Vojvodina, a club with traditional connection with Slavia Prague. He returned to Slavia and stayed until 1928, winning the first edition of the Czechoslovak First League with them in 1925.

In 1927 he moved to another Czechoslovak First League club, SK Kladno, where he played until 1931.

He later coached Polaban Nymburk between 1941 and 1946. He was member of the Czechoslovakia squad at the 1924 Olympics having played as number 10 in the first match against Turkey in a 5–2 win with him scoring the fifth goal, and in the second match against Switzerland, that ended with a 1–1 draw. Two days later a second match was played against Switzerland with Čapek being an unused substitute and ending with Czechoslovakia losing 0–1.

Honours Slavia Prague Czechoslovak First League: 1925