Ladislav Petráš (born 1 December 1946) is a former Slovak football player. He played 19 matches for Czechoslovakia national team and scored six goals. Petráš was a participant at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, where he played three matches and scored two goals. Petráš also took part in the Euro 1976, where his team won the tournament.^[1] After scoring Czechoslovakia's only goal against Brazil, Petráš celebrated kneeling and doing the sign of the cross, demonstrating his Catholic faith in defiance against the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, which was contrary to any religious belief. Petras continues to be a Roman Catholic.^[2][3] In the second match of the tournament, Petráš scored the first goal of the match against Romania at the 4th minute.^[4]

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Ladislav Petráš

Personal information
Date of birth	(1946-12-01) 1 December 1946 (age 77)
Place of birth	Prievidza-Necpaly, Czechoslovakia
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Baník Prievidza
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1968	Baník Prievidza
1968–1969	Dukla Banská Bystrica	21	(20)
1969–1980	Inter Bratislava	218	(65)
1980	Favoritner AC
1980-1985	SK Vorwärts Steyr
International career
1969–1977	Czechoslovakia	19	(6)
Managerial career
2006	Slovakia U21
Medal record Representing  Czechoslovakia UEFA European Championship Winner 1976 Yugoslavia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Domestically Petráš played for Dukla Banská Bystrica and later for Inter Bratislava.