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Also known as Pepi Bican

Austrian-Czech footballer (1913–2001)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Austria
Active from
1827-08-20
Active to
1870-07-22
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1931
Farbenlutz
1939
Bohemia and Moravia
1957
Slovan Liberec
1964
FC Hradec Králové
Full name
Josef Bican
Date of birth
( 1913-09-25 ) 25 September 1913
Place of birth
Vienna , Austria-Hungary
Date of death
12 December 2001 (2001-12-12) (aged 88)
Place of death
Prague , Czech Republic
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position
Striker
1925 1928
Hertha Vienna [ de ]
1928 1930
Schustek
1930 1931
Farbenlutz
Years
Team
1931 1935
Rapid Vienna
1935 1937
Admira Vienna
1937 1948
Slavia Prague

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Mass
77
Image
Josef Bican 1940.jpg
Height
178
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start of work period
1931-09-06
Commons category
Josef Bican
end of work period
1957-00-00
date of birth
1913-09-25
date of death
2001-12-12
pseudonym
Pepi, Manolo
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Josef "Pepi" Bican (25 September 1913 – 12 December 2001) was an Austrian and Czech professional footballer who played as a striker. He is regarded by some to be the greatest goalscorer in the history of the sport. He is considered by RSSSF as the third-most prolific goalscorer in history after Erwin Helmchen and Cristiano Ronaldo, with over 950 goals scored in 624 official matches. He scored 591 goals in 301 official games for Slavia Prague across his 11-year playing career at the club.

Bican began his professional career at Rapid Vienna in 1931. After four years at Rapid, he moved to local rivals Admira Vienna. Bican won four league titles during his time in Austria, moved to Slavia Prague in 1937, where he stayed until 1948, and became the club's all-time top goalscorer. He later played for Vítkovice, Hradec Králové, and Dynamo Prague, retiring in 1955 as the all-time top goalscorer in the Czechoslovak First League with 447 goals. According to UEFA, the governing body for European football, he is the leading all-time goalscorer in European top-flight leagues with 518 goals (447 in Czechoslovakia and 71 in Austria), narrowly ahead of Hungarian Ferenc Puskás.

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