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Ivan Mráz

Personal information
Date of birth	(1941-05-24)24 May 1941
Place of birth	Levoča, Slovak Republic
Date of death	18 May 2024(2024-05-18) (aged 82)
Place of death	Heredia, Costa Rica
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1963	Slovan Bratislava	42	(7)
1963–1965	Spartak Praha Sokolovo	61	(28)
1966	Dukla Prague	4	(1)
1967–1968	Sparta ČKD Praha	41	(18)
1969–1970	Maastricht
1971	Dukla Prague	5	(1)
International career
1964–1965	Czechoslovakia	4	(5)
Managerial career
1974–1975	Sparta Prague
1979–1981	Alajuelense
1980	Costa Rica
1991–1994	Alajuelense
2010–?	UCR
Medal record Men's football Representing  Czechoslovakia Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ivan Mráz (24 May 1941 – 18 May 2024) was a Czechoslovak football player and manager. A forward, he competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. Scored five goals in that Olympics Football Tournament. Besides Czechoslovakia, he played in the Netherlands. Mráz later suffered from Alzheimer's disease. He died at Saint Paul's Hospital in Heredia, Costa Rica, on 18 May 2024, at the age of 82, six days before his 83rd birthday.

Coach career

Remembered as Liga Deportiva Alajuelense's manager and team coach where he won two Costa Rican national titles in 1980 and 1991. In 1980 was the coach of National Team of Costa Rica.

In December 2010, Mráz was appointed a coach of CF Universidad de Costa Rica.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ivan Mráz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
2. Pešta, Jaroslav (24 May 2021). "PSG za něj nabízel 100 renaultů, ale Sparta Mráze nepustila. Dnes legenda slaví 80". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). Economia.
3. "Zemřel bývalý fotbalista Mráz, stříbrný olympionik a trojnásobný mistr ligy". Sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Czech News Agency. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
4. "Iván Mraz dirigirá a la Universidad". wfnode01.nacion.com (in Spanish). wfnode01.nacion.com. 3 December 2010. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

External links

• Ivan Mráz at FAČR (in Czech)
• Ivan Mráz at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ivan Mráz at Olympedia (archive)
• Ivan Mráz at Olympics.com
• Ivan Mráz at Olympic.sk (in Slovak)
• Ivan Mráz at Olympijskytym.cz (in Czech)

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1 Schmucker 2 Urban 3 Weiss 4 Pičman 5 Vojta 6 Geleta 7 Cvetler 8 Mráz 9 Lichtnégl 10 Masný 11 Valošek 12 Knesl 13 Matlák 14 Nepomucký 15 Knebort 16 Brumovský 21 Švajlen Coach: Vytlačil

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