Yanko Daucik

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Yanko Daucik Ciboch (born Prague, Czechoslovakia, March 22, 1941) was a professional football player during the 1960s and 1970s.

Daucik was the son of Fernando Daucik, the veteran La Liga manager who moved his family to Spain in 1950. Yanko played for Real Betis, Real Madrid, the Toronto Falcons and RCD Español. His father gave him his La Liga debut with Real Betis in 1960, in a game against RCD Mallorca. Between 1960 and 1962, Yanko scored 14 goals in 38 La Liga appearances for Betis. This attracted 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 La Liga games and scored just 3 goals. He subsequently became one of the first Spanish footballers to play in the National Professional Soccer League, later to become the NASL, when he joined his father at Toronto Falcons. During the 1967 season Yanko played 25 games, scored 20 goals and made 8 assists for the Falcons and finished as top scorer in the league. During the 1970/71 season he played 13 La Liga games and scored 1 goal for RCD Espanyol.