Adolf Scherer

Adolf Scherer
	Scherer in 1962
Personal information
Date of birth	5 May 1938 (age 83)
Place of birth	Priekopa, Czechoslovakia; (today part of Martin, Slovakia)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1957–1962	CH Bratislava
1962–1965	Slovnaft Bratislava
1965–1967	Lokomotíva Košice
1967–1969	VSS Košice
1969–1972	Nîmes
1972	Strojárne Martin
1973–1975	Olympique Avignonais
National team
1958–1964	Czechoslovakia
Honours
Men's football
Representing Czechoslovakia
FIFA World Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Adolf Scherer (born 5 May 1938) is a Slovak footballer who played as a striker. He is of Carpathian German descent. He played 36 games and scored 22 goals for the Czechoslovakia national team.^[1] Scherer represented Czechoslovakia at the 1960 European Nations' Cup and 1958 FIFA World Cup, where he did not play any match. In the 1962 FIFA World Cup Scherer scored three goals, Czechoslovakia finished second.^[2]

In 1973 Scherer defected from communist Czechoslovakia to France, an illegal deed in the communist Czechoslovak system. After his emigration communist authorities in Czechoslovakia erased his name from official records and statistics.^[3]

He now lives in the southern France, near Nîmes with his wife. he had two children, a daughter and a son. His son, Rudolf (also known as 'Tcheck'), is, like his father, well involved in football. He played for various clubs including Nîmes Olympique. Rudolf now trains Barbentane football club, a city near Avignon.

He was as a key player during the World Cup in 1962 when he scored the winning goal in the quarterfinal against Hungary and his late goal in the semifinal 3–1 derby against Yugoslavia. They eventually lost against the Brazilian team in the final (3–1).

References[]

^ Adolf Scherer at FAČR (in Czech)
^ FIFA Profile
^ Adolf Scherer, kanonýr týmu z Chile 1962, už je zase v encyklopediích at iDnes.cz, 26 December 2012.

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[1] Adolf Scherer at FAČR (in Czech)

[2] FIFA Profile

[3] Adolf Scherer, kanonýr týmu z Chile 1962, už je zase v encyklopediích at iDnes.cz, 26 December 2012.

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