Miroslav Široký

Miroslav Široký (21 January 1885 – 8 October 1972) was a Czech footballer who played as a forward for Slavia Prague between 1906 and 1913. He also played one match for the Bohemia national team in 1908.

Club career Born in Prague on 21 January 1885, Široký began his career at his hometown club Sparta Prague in 1903, aged 18, with whom he played for three years, until 1906, when he joined Slavia Prague, the country's leading team.

In the early 1910s, Široký was a member of the Slavia Prague team that won a three-peat of Charity Cups between 1910 and 1912, beating 5–2 in the 1910 final, beating AFK Kolín 4–1 in the 1911 final, and scoring a goal in the 1912 final on 26 May to help his side to a 4–3 victory over FC Viktoria. On 17 September 1912, he started in Slavia's first-ever match in the newly-founded Bohemian championship, keeping a clean-sheet in a 3–0 win over Olympia. Outside football, he worked as a civil servant.

International career On 13 June 1908, the 23-year-old Široký earned his first (and only) international cap for Bohemia, a friendly against England, which ended in a 4–0 loss.

Three years later, in May 1911, Široký participated in the 1911 UIAFA European Football Tournament at Roubaix, an unofficial European Championship organized by UIAFA, as a member of the Bohemian team (ČSF), which was made up largely of players from Slavia and coached by Johnny Madden. In the build-up for the tournament, he helped Bohemia/Slavia win a few friendly matches against British clubs, such as Aberdeen (3–2), Ipswich Town (4–0), and Eastbourne Town (5–4).

Honours Slavia Prague Charity Cup: 1910, 1911, 1912

Bohemia UIAFA European Tournament: 1911