Ladislav Novďż˝k was a Czech football defender and later a football manager. He played 75 matches for Czechoslovakia, 71 of them as a team captain. He was a participant in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, where Czechoslovakia won the silver medal. He was also a participant in the 1954 FIFA World Cup and 1958 FIFA World Cup. In his country Novďż˝k played mainly for Dukla Prague and won 8 championship titles with them. After end of his playing career he worked as a football manager and coached Dukla Praha and briefly Czechoslovakia national team. He won the championship title with Dukla as a coach in 1982. 

December 5th, 1931 in Louny  /  Died:   Mar 21st, 2011