Josef Jelínek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Josef Jelínek

Czech footballer (1941)

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1941

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Josef Jelínek (born 9 January 1941) is a Czech football player.
He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 10 matches and scored 2 goals.He was a participant in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, where Czechoslovakia won the silver medal. In his country he spent his best years playing for Dukla Prague.
He won the Czechoslovak First League five times with Dukla; and the Czechoslovak Cup for the three times. Jelínek spent five season in the NASL from 1972 – 1976, playing for the New York Cosmos, the Rochester Lancers and the Boston Minutemen respectively.
He scored the game-winning goal for New York on a penalty kick in the 86th minute of the Cosmos 2–1 victory over St.
Louis in the 1972 Championship final.
He also played for Torreón during the 1973–74 Mexican Primera División season.