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 Josef BICAN 1938-1943 
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Name: Josef "Pepi" Bican

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Country: :AUT: :CZE: Austria/Czech Republic
Club: SK Slavia Prague
Position: *CF, SS
Side: RF/BS
Age: 25-30 years (25/09/1913)

Height: 180 cm
Weight: 75 kg

Attack: 97
Defence: 32
Balance: 82
Stamina: 77
Top Speed: 91
Acceleration: 86
Response: 90
Agility: 83
Dribble Accuracy: 84
Dribble Speed: 82
Short Pass Accuracy: 81
Short Pass Speed: 74
Long Pass Accuracy: 77
Long Pass Speed: 73
Shot Accuracy: 96
Shot Power: 83
Shot Technique: 88
Free Kick Accuracy: 77
Curling: 70
Header: 86
Jump: 83
Technique: 86
Aggression: 95
Mentality: 77
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 75

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 5
Weak Foot Accuracy: 8
Weak Foot frequency: 8
Consistency: 7
Growth type: Early/Lasting

CARDS:
S01 - Marauding
S03 - 1-on-1 Finish

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Positioning - Reaction - Scoring - 1-1 Scoring

Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded



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A native of Vienna, Austria, he was one of the best footballers of the 20th century. The striker was recognized by a number of football experts, both domestic and foreign, as one of the best footballers in the world of all time. His shooting skills were absolutely exceptional. He excelled in every way. He was an excellent shooter, an excellent technician, abounding in great speed. He had great control of the ball, game thinking, he could finish with his head excellently. His game was also decorated with accurate and unexpected passing. Perhaps only one thing could be blamed on him, and that was more harshness. In essence, it could be said that he lacked nothing and therefore was unattainable in every way. Josef Bican was extremely fast, and could run the 100 metres in 10.8 seconds - as fast as many sprinters in those days. He was a great all round player and could score with both feet as well - he even took penalties with both feet. He only missed one goal-scoring chance in 20. He explodes with exceptional athletic ability. Especially remembered for the finesse of his game, his placed shots and his juggling before registering a goal.

Josef Bican was born in Vienna on September 25, 1913. His mother Ludmila was a Viennese Czech and his father Frantisek came from Sedlice, near Blatna in southern Bohemia. Bican became an Austrian international, and played for Austria in the 1934 World Cup. In 1937 he left Vienna and joined Slavia Prague and applied for Czechoslovak citizenship. He eventually received it, but a clerical error meant that he couldn't play for Czechoslovakia in the 1938 World Cup. Throughout World War II - during the Nazi protectorate - Bican continued to play for Slavia, and kept on scoring goals with ease and regularity. Indeed he was the highest scorer in the league 12 times in his career. One unwelcome side affect of his success on the pitch was bad feeling in the dressing room. Several of his teammates envied his skills and he was called, among other names, an Austrian bastard. Bican's success gave him something of an entree into high society. He played tennis with the famous actor Vlasta Burian, dined with the actor Jan Werich and knew the film star Adina Mandlova. After the war several of Europe's big clubs were interested in signing Bican. Juventus Turin were very keen and offered Pepi handsome terms. In danger of losing his flat in Prague to a communist functionary, Bican tried to improve his standing with the regime by leaving Slavia and joining the club Vitkovice zelezarna. In 1951 Bican signed with Hradec Kralove. During the Prague Spring of 1968, Bican was told that if he got a coaching job abroad he would be allowed to go. Bican played for Slavia Prague's old boys in those days. He impressed the visiting Belgian team Tongeren and they hired him as coach. At that time the great Brazilian player Pele was heading for his 1,000th goal and journalists were on the lookout for another player who had netted a thousand. What about Pepi Bican, said the former German player Bimbo Binder - he's scored 5,000! When asked by reporters why he hadn't drawn more attention to his achievements, Bican replied "who'd have believed me if I said I'd scored five times as many goals as Pele?!" And a lot of Czechs believe that Bican scored 5,000 goals. Josef Bican scored 643 league goals, 196 of those in the Austrian league - a wonderful achievement by any standards. Josef "Pepi" Bican spent the last few months of last year in hospital with heart problems. He had hoped to be home for Christmas. He died on December 12, at the age of 88 - the grand old man of Czech football."


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Maybe He could have Lines, and Goal Poacher as the great scorer he was.


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