Jaroslav Cháňa Explained

Jaroslav Chana
Birth Date:1899 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Vršovice, Prague, Austria-Hungary
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:1917–1923
Clubs1:SK Slavia Prague
Nationalyears1:1921
Nationalteam1:Czechoslovakia
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0

Jaroslav Chana (19 December 1899 – 26 September 2000) was a Czechoslovak football goalkeeper who played six seasons for SK Slavia Prague, earning nearly 200 caps with the team. He also had two international caps for the Czechoslovakia national football team in 1921. He was born in Vršovice, Prague. He later ran a car repair shop and, after the 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état, worked with a state insurance company as a liquidator. He died in September 2000, at the age of 100.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Před 115 lety se narodil fotbalový brankář Jaroslav Cháňa. 18 December 2014. Plejer. 14 May 2017.