Štefan Biró

Slovak footballer

Štefan BiróPersonal information

Full name|  Štefan Biró
Date of birth|  (1913-04-12)12 April 1913
Date of death|  14 March 1954(1954-03-14) (aged 40)
Position(s)|  Forward
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1935–1936|  SK Náchod|  |
1936–1939|  SK Baťa Zlín|  |
1939–1944|  ŠK Bratislava|  |
International career
1938|  Czechoslovakia|  1|  (0)
1939–1942|  Slovakia|  8|  (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Štefan Biró (12 April 1913 – 14 March 1954) was a Slovak footballer who played as a forward and appeared for both the Czechoslovakia and Slovakia national teams.[1]

## Career

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Biró earned his first and only cap for Czechoslovakia on 3 April 1938 in the 1936–38 Central European International Cup against Switzerland, which finished as a 0–4 loss in Basel. He later represented the Slovakia national team, making his first appearance on 3 December 1939 in a friendly match against Germany, which finished as a 1–3 loss in Chemnitz. He was capped eight times for Slovakia, making his final appearance on 22 November 1942 in a friendly against Germany, in which he scored his only international goal. The match in Bratislava finished as a 2–5 loss.[2]

## Personal life

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Biró died on 14 March 1954 at the age of 40.[3]

## Career statistics

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### International

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Team[2] | Year | Apps | Goals

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Czechoslovakia | 1938 | 1 | 0
Total | 1 | 0
Slovakia | 1939 | 1 | 0
1941 | 3 | 0
1942 | 4 | 1
Total | 8 | 1
Career total | 9 | 1

### International goals

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Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first.[2]

No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition

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1 | 22 November 1942 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovak Republic |  Germany | 2–3 | 2–5 | Friendly

## References

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1. ^ Štefan Biró at WorldFootball.net
2. ^ a b c "Štefan Biró". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
3. ^ Štefan Biró at National-Football-Teams.com

General references

* Šálek, Zdeněk (1980). Slavné nohy [Famous legs] (in Czech). Prague. p. 172.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
* Stejskal, Jiří (1961). Šedesát let náchodské kopané 1901–1961 [Sixty Years of Náchod football 1901–1961] (in Czech). pp. 43, 47.

## External links

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* Štefan Biró at FAČR (in Czech)

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* VIAF

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* United States

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