Anton Švajlen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Anton Švajlen

Czechoslovak soccer player

Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1937

Place of Birth: Solčany, Nitra Region, Slovakia

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Slovakia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Anton Švajlen (born 3 December 1937 in Solcany, Czechoslovakia) is a former Slovak football goalkeeper who played for Topolcany, Trencín, Prievidza, Brezno and mostly for VSS Košice (1959–1975).
He won the Olympic silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
He played 5 matches for the Czechoslovakia Olympic Team (one at the 1964 Olympics) and 3 matches for the Czechoslovakia national football B team but he never played for the first team. During his 14 seasons at the Czechoslovak First League he made 336 appearances (214 without substitution).
Švajlen was also known as penalty taker.
He scored 11 goals during his career.