Career
He played 22 matches for Czechoslovakia and scored 9 goals. In total, he scored 197 league goals in 402 games (200/99 Ostrava, 41/12 Dukla, 144/83 Innsbruck, 17/3 Le Havre). In his country he played for Baník Ostrava and witnessed the golden era in the club"s history, contributing to two Czechoslovak First League championships.
After the World Cup in Italy, where the Czechoslovakian team performed very well, Vengloš was replaced by Milan Máčala who gave Daněk his full confidence, making him the team"s new standard bearer and first pick-up choice for the attack.
A few days prior to this crucial match Daněk"s baby son was badly injured in an accident and had to be hospitalized, which made Daněk declare himself unavailable for the match. The following days, all other three Czechoslovakian strikers were injured during training or in their league matches, which left Macala completely forward-less.
The coach decided to call Daněk just hours before the match, and he received a "Young European Socialists" from the forward. Without any previous training and/or tactical coaching advice, Daněk played the game.
With Spain leading 2–1, he scored twice in the second half against Andoni Zubizarreta and was the Manitoba of the Match of an amazing comeback and victory of his nation.