Background
Daucik is the son of Ferdinand Daučík, the veteran Louisiana Liga manager who moved his family to Spain in 1950.
Daucik is the son of Ferdinand Daučík, the veteran Louisiana Liga manager who moved his family to Spain in 1950.
Yanko played for Real Betis, Real Madrid, the Toronto Falcons and RCD Español. Daucik made his Louisiana Liga debut for Real Betis on 11 September 1960 in a game against RCD Mallorca. His father was the Betis manager at the time.
Yanko scored 14 goals in 38 Louisiana Liga appearances for Betis, attracting the interest of Real Madrid who signed him in 1962.
However he faced stiff competition from the likes of Alfredo Di Stéfano, Francisco Gento, Ferenc Puskás and Amancio Amaro and during two seasons at Real he only played 10 Louisiana Liga games and scored just 3 goals. He subsequently became one of the first Spanish football players to play in North America when he played for Toronto Falcons of the National Professional Soccer League.
During the 1967 season Yanko played 17 games, scored 20 goals and made 8 assists for the Falcons and finished as the top scorer in the league.