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Josef Bican
Josef Bican
Czech
25 September 1913
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Josef Bican was an Austrian and Czech professional footballer who played as a striker. He is regarded by some to be the greatest goalscorer in the history of the sport. He is considered by RSSSF as the third-most prolific goalscorer in history after Erwin Helmchen and Cristiano Ronaldo, with over 950 goals scored in 624 official matches. He scored 591 goals in 301 official games for Slavia Prague across his 11-year playing career at the club.

Bican began his professional career at Rapid Vienna in 1931. After four years at Rapid, he moved to local rivals Admira Vienna. Bican won four league titles during his time in Austria, moved to Slavia Prague in 1937, where he stayed until 1948, and became the club's all-time top goalscorer. He later played for VĂ­tkovice, Hradec KrĂĄlovĂŠ, and Dynamo Prague, retiring in 1955 as the all-time top goalscorer in the Czechoslovak First League with 447 goals. According to UEFA, the governing body for European football, he is the leading all-time goalscorer in European top-flight leagues with 518 goals (447 in Czechoslovakia and 71 in Austria), narrowly ahead of Hungarian Ferenc PuskĂĄs.

Bican was a member of the Austrian Wunderteam of the 1930s and represented the nation at the 1934 FIFA World Cup, where they reached the semi-finals. He later switched allegiance to the Czechoslovakia national football team, but a clerical error related to his transfer of national team precluded him from playing in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. Bican was a tall and powerful player, with the technical ability to play with both feet, and had considerable pace. During his athletic prime, he was reportedly capable of running 100 metres in 10.8 seconds, which was not far off the leading sprinters of his time.

After his retirement from playing, Bican became a manager, and coached various teams from the 1950s until the 1970s. In 1998, Bican was given a \"Medal of Honour\" by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) for being among the world's most successful top division goalscorers of all time. In 2000, the IFFHS awarded Bican the \"Golden Ball\" in recognition of his status as the greatest goalscorer of the 20th century. The award was based on how many times a player had been top scorer in his top division domestic league, a feat which Bican achieved 12 times.

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📋 Profile & Career

: Bican in 1940
⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Josef Bican
Date of birth: (1913-09-25)25 September 1913
Place of birth: Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Date of death: 12 December 2001(2001-12-12) (aged 88)
Place of death: Prague, Czech Republic
Height: 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position: Striker
⚽ Youth career:
1925–1928: Hertha Vienna 
1928–1930: Schustek
1930–1931: Farbenlutz
⚽ Senior career*:
Years: Team Apps (Gls)
1931: Farbenlutz 2 (2)
1931: Rapid Amateur 0 (0)
1931–1935: Rapid Vienna 49 (54)
1935–1937: Admira Vienna 26 (18)
1937–1948: Slavia Prague 219 (416)
1948–1951: Vítkovice 58 (74)
1951–1952: Hradec Králové 26 (53)
1952–1955: Dynamo Prague 32 (22)
1957: Slovan Liberec 1 (0)
1957: Spartak Brno ZJĹ  4 (2)
Total: 417 (641)
⚽ International career:
1933–1936: Austria 19 (14)
1938–1949: Czechoslovakia 14 (12)
1939: Bohemia and Moravia 2 (6)
⚽ Managerial career:
1954–1956: Dynamo Prague
1956–1959: Slovan Liberec
1957–1958: Spartak Brno ZJŠ
1959–1960: TJ Spartak ZJS Brno
1963–1964: TJ Baník Příbram
1964: FC Hradec KrĂĄlovĂŠ
1967–1969: SONP Kladno
1969–1972: KSK Tongeren
1977: BeneĹĄov
: * Club domestic league appearances and goals

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