Josef Jelínek

Josef Jelínek

File:Josef Jelínek 1962.jpg Josef Jelínek in 1962
Personal information
Date of birth	(1941-01-09) 9 January 1941
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1950–1958	ČAFC Prague
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958–1967	Dukla Prague
1967–1970	VTŽ Chomutov
1970–1972	Go Ahead Eagles
1972–1975	Bohemians Prague
International career
1961–1962	Czechoslovakia	10	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.