# Josef Bican

Josef Bican was an Austrian-Czech footballer (25 September 1913 – 12 December 2001). Bican played as a striker for Slavia Prague and Vítkovice. Bican scored 812 goals in 527 games for club and country and won 19 trophies, including 11 league titles.

## Bican's career stats

|   | Games | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Clubs, all competitions | 492 | 780 |
| Austria | 35 | 32 |
| Total | 527 | 812 |

Goals per game: 1.54.

## Bican's trophies and awards

- Trophies with club and country: 19
- League titles: 11
- Domestic cups: 6
- Other international club trophies: 1
- Trophies with Austria: 1
- Individual awards: 22

### Rapid Wien

- Austrian Championship: 1 (1934–35)

### Admira Wien

- Austrian Championship: 2 (1935–36, 1936–37)

### Slavia Prague

- Czechoslovak First League: 6 (1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1946–47, 1948)
- Czechoslovak Cup: 2 (1940–41, 1941–42)
- Central Bohemian Cup: 3 (1940–41, 1943, 1944)
- Liberty Cup: 1 (1945)
- Mitropa Cup: 1 (1938)

### Sokol Vítkovice Železárny

- Czechoslovak Second League: 1 (1949)

### Hradec Králové

- Czechoslovak Second League: 1 (1952)

### Czechoslovakia

- Eduard Benes Cup: 1 (1938)

### Individual

- Austrian championship top scorer: 1 (1933–34)
- Czechoslovak First League top scorer: 11 (1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1948, 1950)
- Czechoslovak Second League top scorer: 2 (1949, 1952)
- Top scorer in European leagues: 5 (1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44)
- IFFHS World's Best Goalscorer of the 20th Century: 1 (1997)
- IFFHS Medal of Honour: 1 (1998)
- Czech Football Association Hall of Fame: 1 (2013)

## Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

1. 1931: Farbenlutz, 2 games, 2 goals
2. 1931: Rapid Amateur, 0 games, 0 goals
3. 1931–1935: Rapid Vienna, 49 games, 54 goals
4. 1935–1937: Admira Vienna, 26 games, 18 goals
5. 1937–1948: Slavia Prague, 219 games, 416 goals
6. 1948–1951: Vítkovice, 58 games, 74 goals
7. 1951–1952: Hradec Králové, 26 games, 53 goals
8. 1952–1955: Dynamo Prague, 32 games, 22 goals
9. 1957: Slovan Liberec, 1 game, 0 goals
10. 1957: Spartak Brno ZJŠ, 4 games, 2 goals

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