Josef Košťálek Explained

Josef Košťálek
Birth Date:1909 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Kročehlavy, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Czechoslovakia
Position:Midfielder
Youthyears1:–1929
Youthclubs1:SK Kročehlavy
Years1:1929–1945
Years2:1945–1946
Years3:1946–1951
Clubs3:SK Rakovník
Manageryears1:1957–1958
Managerclubs1:Baník Kladno
Nationalyears1:1930–1939
Nationalteam1:Czechoslovakia
Nationalcaps1:43
Nationalgoals1:2

Josef Košťálek (31 August 1909 – 21 November 1971) was a Czech footballer.

Career

He played for AC Sparta Prague and the Czechoslovakia national football team, for whom he played 43 matches, scoring two goals, and appeared in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups. In 1938, he scored in extra time against the Netherlands to put Czechoslovakia into the quarterfinals.