Josef Masopust (born February 9, 1931 in Most) is a Czechoslovakian
former football player and coach. He was named European Footballer of
the Year in 1962. In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was
selected as the Golden Player of the Czech Republic by the Football Association
of the Czech Republic as their most outstanding player of the past 50
years.
In 1962, Masopust led the Czechoslovakia team that reached the 1962 FIFA
World Cup final, losing to Brazil. Overall, he was capped 63 times for
his country, scoring ten goals (he also played in the 1958 FIFA World
Cup). Masopust spent his club career with Dukla Prague. He was named by
Pele as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.
