František Kloz


František Kloz was a Czech football player.

Club career

Kloz played most of his career for SK Kladno and became its manager in 1942-43. He scored 175 goals in 192 matches in the Czechoslovak First League, making him the third highest scorer in the competition's history. He was twice the top goalscorer of the league, the first time in the 1929-30 season with 15 and the second in the 1936-37 season with 28 goals.

International career

He played for Czechoslovakia national team, from 1929 to 1937 - scoring six goals in 10 matches. He made his international debut on 28 October 1929 in a Friendly against Yugoslavia, and he only needed 2 minutes to leave his mark as he netted the opening goal in a 4-3 win. However, it took him 7 years to score another goal for his nation, but the wait was worth it as he scored not one, but four goals against Hungary in a 1936–38 Central European Cup fixture. His last international goal was a late winner against Austria in 24 October 1937.

International goals

No.CapDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1128 October 1929Stadion Letná, Prague, Czechoslovakia1–04–3Friendly
2418 October 1936Stadion Letná, Prague, Czechoslovakia1–15–21936–38 Central European Cup
3418 October 1936Stadion Letná, Prague, Czechoslovakia2–15–21936–38 Central European Cup
4418 October 1936Stadion Letná, Prague, Czechoslovakia3–25–21936–38 Central European Cup
5418 October 1936Stadion Letná, Prague, Czechoslovakia4–25–21936–38 Central European Cup
6824 October 1937Stadion Letná, Prague, Czechoslovakia2–12–11936–38 Central European Cup

World War II

An anti-Nazi during German occupation of Czechoslovakia in World War II, in May 1945 Kloz went out to fight as a volunteer non-soldier against German Nazi occupants. He was seriously wounded on 7 May, when his party sought to capture a German-held ammunition store two days before the enemy surrendered in Czechoslovakia. He died a month later in a hospital in Louny.

Legacy

Kloz is the most famous player in the history of SK Kladno. The team's home stadium is named after him.