Anton Malatinský

Anton Malatinský

Personal information
Full name	Anton Malatinský
Date of birth	(1920-01-15)15 January 1920
Place of birth	Trnava, Czechoslovakia
Date of death
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1941–1950	Spartak Trnava
	Slovan Bratislava
	FK Baník Handlová
International career
1942–1943	Slovakia	6	(10)
1948–1951	Czechoslovakia	10	(0)
Managerial career
1956–1960	Spartak Trnava
1963–1968	Spartak Trnava
1968–1971	Admira Wacker
1971–1976	Spartak Trnava
1976–1978	ADO Den Haag
1978–1981	Slovan Bratislava
1981–1982	SC Eisenstadt
1982–1984	VSE St. Pölten
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anton Malatinský (15 January 1920 – 1 December 1992) was a Slovak football player and coach. He was a technically disposed midfielder and playmaker. As a coach, he was regarded as a good strategist.

He played in 219 league matches and scored 79 goals, most of them for Spartak Trnava. Today, the club's home ground bears his name. Malatinský represented Czechoslovakia in 10 international matches and was included in the 1954 World Cup squad (without being used). He became only the second Spartak player in history to be selected for Slovakia national team (after František Bolček in 1939), as well as the second selected for Czechoslovakia (after Jozef Marko one month earlier in 1948).

Although he was a good player, Malatinský became more famous as a coach. While still playing football at a high level, he entered into the coaching of youth sides. In 1948, he led Spartak's junior team to the national championship in their rank.

An injury to his knee in 1956 forced him to conclude his playing career and become fully engaged in coaching. He was twice in charge of Spartak Trnava during their golden era and for 14 years totally which spanned in three spells over two decades. He also coached their all time big rival, Slovan Bratislava, later and clubs in Austria and the Netherlands.

Sources

• Anton Malatinský, eu-football.info (European international footballers database)