Jozef Adamec
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Jozef Adamec is former Slovak
Slovaks
The Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...

 football player and manager
Manager (association football)
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, one of the most famous Slovak football players of all time.

He played mostly for Spartak Trnava (1959–61, 1963–64, 1966–76). During his military service, he was member of Dukla Prague (1961–63), one year he spent with Slovan Bratislava
ŠK Slovan Bratislava
ŠK Slovan Bratislava is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Corgoň liga. Founded as 1. ČsŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name to Slovan Bratislava in 1953...

 (1964–65) and at the end of career played for low-division Austrian club Slovan Wien (1977–80).

In Czechoslovak league he played 383 matches and with 170 goals is 10th in Czechoslovakian All-Time Topscorers Table.
He was capped 44 times for Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia national football team
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, scored 14 goals. He was a participant at the 1962 FIFA World Cup
1962 FIFA World Cup
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 and 1970 FIFA World Cup
1970 FIFA World Cup
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Unforgettable will stay his hat-trick against Brazil
Brazil national football team
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 in match Czechoslovakia - Brazil 3:2 (1:1) played at 23 June 1968 in Bratislava. He was the first player in the world who scored a hat-trick against Brazil.

After retiring as player, Adamec began with football coaching as assistant in Spartak Trnava. Later he coached Dukla Banská Bystrica
FK Dukla Banská Bystrica
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, Tatran Prešov, Spartak Trnava, Slovan Bratislava
ŠK Slovan Bratislava
ŠK Slovan Bratislava is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Corgoň liga. Founded as 1. ČsŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name to Slovan Bratislava in 1953...

 and Inter Bratislava. From 1999 to 2001 Adamec coached Slovakia national football team
Slovakia national football team
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