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Milan Kužela was born on April 27, 1946 in Bratislava. He inclined to sports since his childhood and as a teenager he began to play ice hockey in Slovan Bratislava. As an 18-year old he made his debut in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League. Vast majority of his professional career he spent in a jersey of Slovan Bratislava. In 1972 as a part of the national team he contributed to winning gold at the World Championships in Prague. Since he wasn’t a member of the Communist Party and had inconvenient political attitudes, he wasn’t allowed to travel abroad to World Championships in 1974. During the next six years he was suspected of potential emigration and couldn’t play matches outside the Czechoslovak borders. At the beginning of 1980s, due to arguments with the club’s leadership, Milan was sent to spent the season in Bučina, Zvolen. In season 1982/83 he played for Slovak again, but this was the last time he played in the first league. Until 1992 he worked as a player-coach in ice hockey clubs HC Nové Zámky, HC Piešťany, and in Federal Republic of Germany (HC Burgau). In 1992 he ended his active player career and coached mainly in the Slovan junior league, later he coached also in Switzerland and Italy. Since 2004 he has been a member of the Slovak Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.