Alexander Vencel (footballer, born 1967)

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

Alexander Vencel
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-03-02) 2 March 1967
Place of birth Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1989 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)
National team
1991–1992 Czechoslovakia 2 (0)
1994–1998 Slovakia 19 (0)
Teams managed
2018– Jordan (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.
DivisionAppsGoals
Slovan Bratislava 1987–88 00
1988–89 120
1990–91 300
1991–92 300
1992–93 290
1993–94 310
Total 1320 –
RH Cheb (loan) 1989–90 280
Strasbourg 1994–95 Ligue 1 370 [5]
1995–96 Ligue 1 380 [5]
1996–97 Ligue 1 300 [5]
1997–98 Ligue 1 320 [5]
1998–99 Ligue 1 300 [5]
1999–2000 Ligue 1 170 [5]
Total 1840 –
Le Havre 2000–01 Ligue 2 380 [5]
2001–02 Ligue 2 380 [5]
2002–03 Ligue 1 380 [5]
2003–04 Ligue 2 360 [5]
2004–05 Ligue 2 380 [5]
Total 18811 –
Career total 5320 –

International
Source:[6]
Czechoslovakia national team
YearAppsGoals
199110
199210
Total20
Slovakia national team
YearAppsGoals
199440
199520
199630
199740
199860
Total190

References
  1. https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/369548/alexander-vencel-mladsi-je-v-dalsej-zaujimavej-destinacii-velky-test-caka-v-januari/
  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. http://nv.fotbal.cz/reprezentace/reprezentace-a/statistiky/viewstat3.asp?name=VencelAlexanderml
  5. "Alexander Vencel » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  6. Alexander Vencel at National-Football-Teams.com


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