Jozef Vengloš

Jozef Vengloš
Personal information
Date of birth (1936-02-18)18 February 1936
Place of birth Ružomberok, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Date of death 26 January 2021(2021-01-26) (aged 84)
Place of death Bratislava, Slovakia
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1966 Slovan Bratislava
1959–1960 Dukla Pardubice
International career
1956–1959 Czechoslovakia B 6 (0)
Managerial career
1966 Sydney FC Prague
1966–1967 New South Wales
1967 Australia
1969–1971 VSS Košice
1970–1972 Czechoslovakia U23
1973–1976 Slovan Bratislava
1973–1978 Czechoslovakia (assistant)
1978–1982 Czechoslovakia
1983–1984 Sporting CP
1985–1987 Kuala Lumpur FA
1986–1987 Malaysia
1988–1990 Czechoslovakia
1990–1991 Aston Villa
1991–1993 Fenerbahçe
1993–1995 Slovakia
1996–1997 Oman
1998–1999 Celtic
2002 JEF United Ichihara
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jozef Vengloš (18 February 1936 – 26 January 2021) was a Slovak professional football player and manager. As a player he made more than 200 appearances in the Czechoslovak First League and won the title with Slovan Bratislava in 1955.

After finishing his playing career he moved into football management, holding roles across the world. He led Czechoslovakia at two FIFA World Cups, as well as UEFA Euro 1980, where the side finished in third place. Among his club management roles, he became the first person born outside the British Isles to manage a top-flight English club side when he was appointed Aston Villa's manager in 1990. In 1993 he became the first head coach of Slovakia following their independence.

He held a doctorate in Physical Education and also specialised in Psychology. He was selected by FIFA on various occasions to lecture at the FIFA academies throughout the world.