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Josef Masopust (9 February 1931 – 29 June 2015) was a Czech football player and coach. He played as midfielder and was a key player for Czechoslovakia, helping them reach the 1962 FIFA World Cup Final. He was capped 63 times, scoring ten goals for his country.

He was named European Footballer of the Year in 1962. In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, Masopust was selected as his country's Golden Player by the Football Association of the Czech Republic as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years. He was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. He is regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time.

Honours

Dukla Prague

• Czechoslovak First League: 1953, 1956, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1965–66

• Czechoslovak Cup: 1960–61, 1964–65, 1965–66

• International Soccer League: 1961

• American Challenge Cup: 1962, 1963, 1964

Czechoslovakia

• Central European International Cup: 1955-60

• UEFA European Championship Bronze: 1960

• FIFA World Cup Runner-up: 1962

Individual

• Ballon d'Or: 1962

• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1960

• FIFA World Cup Silver Ball: 1962

• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1962

• World Soccer World XI: 1962, 1964

• Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year: 1966

• UEFA Czech Golden Player: 2003

• FIFA 100

• UEFA President's Award: 2014