
He held the right flank for all 120 minutes of the Belgrade final on 20 June 1976 and was still on the pitch when Panenka chipped the penalty that ended the shoot-out against West Germany. European champion that night, he was named the tournament's best right defender, and he had already been Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year in 1974 and a league champion with Slovan Bratislava in 1974 and 1975. Career record: 39 caps and 1 goals for Slovakia; club career at 1. FC Košice, ŠK Slovan Bratislava, Cádiz Club de Fútbol.
| 1965–1966 | FK Slavoj Trebišov |
| 1966–1972 | FC VSS Košice |
| 1966–1972 | 1. FC Košice |
| 1972–1978 | ŠK Slovan Bratislava |
| 1978–1979 | FK Dukla Banská Bystrica |
| 1980–1981 | SC Neusiedl am See 1919 |
| 1980–1981 | FC Biel-Bienne |
| 1981–1981 | Cádiz Club de Fútbol |
| Slovakia | 39 caps, 1 goals |
Slovakia legends whose careers overlapped Pivarník's
One rank above: Anton Ondruš at #5.
One rank below: Ján Švehlík at #7.
Slovakia's editorial top five: Ján Popluhár · Marek Hamšík · Milan Škriniar · Adolf Scherer · Anton Ondruš.