Zdeněk Zikán

Zdeněk Zikán (10 November 1937 – 14 February 2013) was a Czech football player.[1]

Zdeněk Zikán
Personal information
Date of birth (1937-11-10)10 November 1937
Place of birth Prague, Czechoslovakia
Date of death 14 February 2013(2013-02-14) (aged 75)
Place of death Prague, Czech Republic
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1946–1955 Motorlet Prague
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955 Motorlet Prague
1956 Sparta Prague
1956 Motorlet Prague
1957 Dukla Prague
1957–1960 Dukla Pardubice
1960–1970 Spartak Hradec Králové
1970 Transporta Chrudim
National team
1958 Czechoslovakia 4 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

During his club career he played for several clubs, including Dukla Pardubice and Dukla Prague. During his time with Spartak Hradec Králové, he played in the 1960–61 European Cup, scoring against eventual finalists FC Barcelona in the quarter finals.[2]

Zikán earned four caps and scored five goals for the Czechoslovakia national football team, including four goals in three games in the 1958 FIFA World Cup.[1] He finished his international career with the distinction of having scored in every game in which he had played.[2]

Career statistics

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.2 April 1958Strahov Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia West Germany3–2WinFriendly
2.11 June 1958Olympiastadion, Helsingborg, Sweden West Germany2–2Draw1958 World Cup
3.15 June 1958Olympiastadion, Helsingborg, Sweden Argentina6–1Win1958 World Cup
4.15 June 1958Olympiastadion, Helsingborg, Sweden Argentina6–1Win1958 World Cup
5.17 June 1958Malmö Stadion, Malmö, Sweden Northern Ireland1–2Lost1958 World Cup
Correct as of 19 February 2013[3]

References
  1. "Zemřel fotbalista Zikán, autor čtyř gólů na MS 1958 ve Švédsku" (in Czech). Blesk. 19 February 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  2. Truchlik, Ivan (2015). Futbalový atlas sveta (in Slovak). Prague, Czech Republic: Ottovo Nakladatelství. p. 629. ISBN 978-80-7451-455-5.
  3. Football PLAYER: Zdeněk Zikán

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