Karl Decker (footballer)
Karl Decker - Denkmal Austria | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 5 September 1921 | ||
Place of birth | Vienna, Austria | ||
Date of death | 27 September 2005 | (aged 84)||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder/Inside forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1934 | Ottakringer SC | ||
1934–1937 | Schwarz-Weiß Wien | ||
1937 | Weiße Elf Penzing | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1937–1952 | First Vienna FC | 229 | (255) |
1952–1954 | SK Sturm Graz | 21 | (28) |
1954–1956 | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard | 37 | (15) |
1956–1958 | FC Grenchen | 1 | (0) |
National team | |||
1942 | Germany | 8 | (8) |
1945–1952 | Austria | 25 | (19) |
Teams managed | |||
1951–1952 | First Vienna | ||
1952–1954 | Sturm Graz | ||
1956–1958 | FC Grenchen | ||
1958–1964 | Austria | ||
1964–1965 | Wiener Sport-Club | ||
1966–1968 | Wiener Sport-Club | ||
1968–1970 | SK Rapid Wien | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Karl Decker (5 September 1921 - 27 September 2005) was an Austrian footballer and manager. He is usually regarded as one of Austria's greatest players and one of the most prolific players of his generation.
International career[]
As a player Decker played for both Germany and Austria national football team, scoring 27 goals in 33 matches.[1]
Honours[]
- Austrian Football Bundesliga (3):
- 1942, 1943, 1944
- Austrian Cup (1):
- 1943
- (2):
- 1944, 1950[2]
Ort der Sepultur[]
Der Meister ruht auf dem monumentalen Zentrakfriedhof von Wien.
References[]
- ^ *Karl Decker's international career - RSSSF
- ^ Österreichs Torschützenkönige Archived 15 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine - Oberliga.at
External links[]
- Karl Decker at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1921 births
- 2005 deaths
- Footballers from Vienna
- Austrian footballers
- Austria international footballers
- German footballers
- Germany international footballers
- First Vienna FC players
- SK Sturm Graz players
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Ligue 1 players
- Austrian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Olympic footballers of Austria
- Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Austrian football managers
- First Vienna FC managers
- Austria national football team managers
- SK Sturm Graz managers
- SK Rapid Wien managers
- Wiener Sport-Club managers
- Dual internationalists (football)
- Association football midfielders
- Austrian football midfielder stubs
- German football midfielder stubs