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Jozef Golonka

International His outstanding international career began in 1959 ... Played at three Olympics and eight World and European Championships ... Silver medalist with Czechoslovakian National Team at the World and European Championships in 1965, 1966 and 1968, bronze medalist in 1964 and 1969 ... Silver medalist at the 1968 Grenoble Olympics, bronze medalist at the 1964 Innsbruck Olympics ... Played in 134 games for the Czechoslovak National Team, scoring 82 goals ... His international coaching career began with the Czechoslovak National Junior Team (1979 to 1981) ... Coached National B-team in 1981-82 ... Named the head coach of the Slovak National Team before the 1996-97 season. Career Legendary forward who began his career in Bratislava ... Played for Slovan Bratislava from 1955 to 1957 and 1959 to 1969 ... Also played for Dukla Jihlava from 1957 to 1959 ... Spent 14 seasons in the Czechoslovak League, played in 330 games and scored 298 goals ... Best league goal-scorer in 1960-61 ... Continued his career in Germany, where he played for SC Riessersee from 1969 to 1972 ... Came back to Czechoslovakia and played for Lokomotiv Bucina Zvolen (1972 to 1975) ... Retired at the age of 37 ... Became the coach of SC Riessersee (1976 to 1979 and 1982-83) ... Won the German national title with SC Riessersee in 1977-78 ... Coached Zetor Brno in 1979-80 ... Worked with German club Kolner EC from 1983 to 1985 winning the national title in 1983-84 ... From 1985 to 1988 coached his original club, Slovan Bratislava ... Continued his coaching career with HC Davos (Switzerland) in 1988-89, with ECD Iserlohn (Germany) from 1989 to 1991 and with EHC 80 Nurnberg in 1991-92 and 1994-95. Star Player Photo

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Career International Tournament Statistics
Year Tournament No. GP G A TP PIM
1969 World & European Championships -- Pool A 9 10 2 1 3 8
1968 Olympic Games -- Men's Hockey 9 7 4 6 10 8
1967 Izvestia/Baltica Cup - 5 1 1 2 4
1967 World & European Championships -- Pool A 9 7 4 7 11 8
1966 World & European Championships -- Pool A 9 7 2 4 6 4
1965 World & European Championships -- Pool A - 7 6 8 14 2
1964 Olympic Games -- Men's Hockey 9 7 4 2 6 10
1960 Olympic Games -- Men's Hockey - 7 5 4 9 4
1959 World & European Championships -- Pool A 14 8 7 2 - -
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