Name: Ján Švehlík

Nicknames: "Švehla", "Žolík"



Country: Slovakia
Club: ŠK Slovan Bratislava
Position: *CF, (WF, SS as optional)
Side: RF/BS
Age: 20-26 years (17/01/1950)

Height: * 177 cm (???)
Weight: * 70 kg (app.)

Attack: 83
Defence: 45
Balance: 75
Stamina: 84
Top Speed: 85
Acceleration: 82
Response: 83
Agility: 81
Dribble Accuracy: 83
Dribble Speed: 82
Short Pass Accuracy: 76
Short Pass Speed: 72
Long Pass Accuracy: 75
Long Pass Speed: 73
Shot Accuracy: 82
Shot Power: 78
Shot Technique: 81
Free Kick Accuracy: 68
Curling: 77
Header: 77
Jump: 84
Technique: 83
Aggression: 85
Mentality: 83
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 78

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition/Fitness: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot Frequency: 5
Growth type: Early Peak


CARDS:
P19: Chasing Back
S01: Reaction

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Scoring - Reaction

Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded


INFO:

Former Slovak player. Jan played mainly as centre forward although he didn't have typical characteristics for that position, but there was no other solution since on the left side played Jan Čapkovič and on the right Marian Masny. Pretty fast player, gifted technically but weak physically. I was more impressed with his defensive commitment rather than attacking moves, he was fearless warrior always chasing back to help and put the pressure on the oponents. He had good leap, not too strong but precise shot and decent dribbling. First football touches made in his birthplace Lovec okr. Ziar nad Hronom, later played for Ziar and after coming to Bratislava to study the law, he dressed jersey of SK Slovan Bratislava, whit which he 2 times became Czechoslovak champion. Very fast he caught attention of football experts with his pugnacity, speed and feeling for looking for goal positions. He seemed to became very fast a stabile member of Czechoslovak national team. Was member of U- 23 national team, which in 1972 became European champion, in the middle of attack line of A-national team he first time appeared in 1974, in game against France in Prague. His progress later became slower. Only a few football players can say that during their football careers they achieved another career for future. Jan Svehlik is one of them, when he successfully finished law school. His best performance in national team was in European championship 1976 in Yugoslavia in the final match against West Germany ( author of first goal). He cupped 17 matches for national team with 4 goals. The league played 296 matches and had 79 goals. Between 1974 -1979 he represented 18 times, and scored four times. Seventeen but was summoned to the junior team and once played for the Olympians. It is the European champion in 23 years, although the finale could lineup. However, the peak came in 1976, when he was in the squad V. Jezek and J. Vengloš ME at the end of 1976 in the first match against the Netherlands ruled the referee Pollak Švehlík him unexpectedly and excellently replaced. Fi soul was even better team against West Germany and gave one of the goals (2: 2). Several commentators have argued that it was the one who allowed their properties to apply things around and the whole concept of the game. In bright blue shirt was 3-times champion of the Republic (1970, 1974, 1975), 2-times winner Cs. Cup (1974 and 1982). He graduated from the Doctor of Laws, career finished in Hasselt, Belgium and some smaller Austrian clubs. With Dusan Galis has merit and the title of champion and was an assistant, also the title, with Stanislav Griga. Now is the sports director of Slovan Bratislava.