Name: Ladislav Novák
Country:
Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia at the time)Club: Dukla Praha
Position: *SB, CB
Side: RF/LS
Age: 23-31 years (05/12/1931)
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 72 kg
Attack: 70
Defence: 82
Balance: 81
Stamina: 84
Top Speed: 83
Acceleration: 82
Response: 80
Agility: 83
Dribble Accuracy: 79
Dribble Speed: 81
Short Pass Accuracy: 78
Short Pass Speed: 72
Long Pass Accuracy: 79
Long Pass Speed: 74
Shot Accuracy: 65
Shot Power: 80
Shot Technique: 65
Free Kick Accuracy: 64
Curling: 69
Header: 86
Jump: 85
Technique: 79
Aggression: 71
Mentality: 89
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 82
Injury Tolerance: A
Condition/Fitness: 7
Weak Foot Accuracy: 4
Weak Foot Frequency: 4
Consistency: 8
Growth Type: Standard/Lasting
CARDS:
S07 - Man Marking
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Marking - Side
Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Balanced
INFO:
Ladislav Novák was a Czechoslovak footballer and regarded one of the best left-back of his era. Novák became a captained Czechoslovakia national team at 1962 FIFA World Cup. He was left-back with good fighting spirit, fast, clever and had excellent header. He can go to overlapp to join attack and give passing from left-side. Novák also know for his gentle of the game. As a sign of the good spirit in which he played, the defenders remarkably never received a red card throughout his career. He played 75 times for Czechoslovak national team, 71 times as captain.
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Captain of Czechoslovakia in 71 of the 75 internationals he played, Novák was leader of the talented team that finished third at the 1960 UEFA European Championship and runners-up at the 1962 FIFA World Cup. Especially strong in the air, he was a commanding presence on the domestic scene too, securing eight Czechoslovak titles with FK Dukla Praha. He won the championship with Dukla as a coach in 1982 and took charge of a number of Belgian clubs during the 1970s and 1980s as well as the Czech national side.