Karl Stotz

Karl Stotz
	Stotz as Austria manager c. 1980
Personal information
Full name	Karl Stotz
Date of birth	27 March 1927
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Date of death	4 April 2017 (aged 90)
Place of death	Seefeld in Tirol, Austria
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1948–1951
1951–1963	Austria Wien
Total
National team
1950–1962	Austria
Teams managed
1972	Austria Wien
1976–1977	Austria Wien
1978–1981	Austria
1987	Austria Wien
Honours
Representing Austria
FIFA World Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Karl Stotz (27 March 1927 – 4 April 2017) was an Austrian football player from Vienna.

As a young soldier, he fought in the Battle of Stalingrad, was captured in 1944 and only returned home in 1948.

Club career[]

On his return to his homeland, Stotz played three years for FC Wien before joining Austria Wien in 1951. In his 12 years with the Vienna giants he won 4 league titles and 2 domestic cups.

In 2001, he was chosen in Austria's Team of the Century.

International career[]

He made his debut for Austria in a March 1950 friendly match against Switzerland and was a participant at the 1954 FIFA World Cup and 1958 FIFA World Cup.^[1] He earned 42 caps, scoring one goal.^[2] His final international was a September 1962 friendly match against Czechoslovakia.

Retirement[]

He later went into coaching and managed Austria Wien and the Austria national team whom he led to the 1982 FIFA World Cup but was sacked just before the tournament.

Stotz died on 4 April 2017 in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria, aged 90.^[3]^[4]