Hans Krankl

Johann "Hans" Krankl (born 14 February 1953) is an Austrian football player who played for SK Rapid Wien and the Austrian national team. He is regarded as one of the best Austrian footballers in history.

Hans Krankl
Hans Krankl - Trainer LASK Linz (hoch).jpg
Personal information
Full nameJohann Krankl
Date of birth14 February 1953 (aged 73)
Place of birthVienna, Austria
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Playing positionforward (retiered)
Youth career
-1970KSV Straßenbahn Wien
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1970–1978Rapid Wien205(160)
1971–1972Wiener AC (loan)26(27)
1978–1981Barcelona46(34)
1979–1980First Vienna (loan)17(13)
1981–1986Rapid Wien145(107)
1986–1988Wiener Sport-Club60(40)
1988Kremser SC5(1)
1989Austria Salzburg14(10)
Total518(392)
National team
1973–1985Austria69(34)
Teams managed
1987Wiener Sport-Club (caretaker)
1987–1988Wiener Sport-Club
1989–1992Rapid Wien
1992–1994Mödling
1994–1995Tirol Innsbruck
1996Mödling
1997SV Gerasdorf
1998–1999Austria Salzburg
2000Fortuna Köln
2000–2001Admira Wacker Mödling
2002–2005Austria
2009LASK Linz
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

He started his professional career with SK Rapid Wien at the age of 17. But he played not very often so he went to Wiener AC where he shot 27 goals in 26 matches. So he was transferred back to SK Rapid. In the next years he shot in 201 matches for the club 160 goals. In the 1977/78 season he shot 41 goals and got the European Golden Shoe as Europs best scorer. This is still the record in the Austrian League.

In 1978 he was transferred to FC Barcelona where he shot in his first season 29 goals and won the Pichichi, the trophy for the best Spain scorer. With FC Barcelona he won also the UEFA Cup Winners Cup in 1979.

1981 he went back to Rapid where he shot another 107 goals for the club. The last years of his career he played with Wiener Sportklub, Kremser SC and SV Austria Salzburg.In his career he played 478 matches and scored 355 goals.

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Austria 1973 4 0
1974 5 2
1975 6 4
1976 8 6
1977 6 7
1978 13 6
1979 5 3
1980 5 1
1981 6 2
1982 7 2
1983 3 0
1985 1 0
Total 69 34


Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Krankl goal.
List of international goals scored by Hans Krankl
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 27 March 1974 Feyenoord Stadion, Rotterdam , Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 1-0 1-1 Friendly match
2 4 September 1974 Praterstadion, Vienna , Austria  Wales 2-1 2-1 UEFA Euro Qualification
3 28 September 1974 Praterstadion, Vienna , Austria  Hungary 1-0 1-0 Friendly match
4 16 March 1975 Stade Municipal , Luxembourg , Luxembourg  Luxembourg 2-1 2-1 UEFA Euro Qualification
5 24 September 1975 Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary  Hungary 1-1 1-2 UEFA Euro Qualification
6 15 October 1975 Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria  Luxembourg 2–2 6–2 UEFA Euro Qualification
7 5-2
8 22 September 1976 Linzer Stadion, Linz, Austria  Switzerland 1-0 3-1 Friendly match
9 13 October 1976 Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria  Hungary 1–2 2-4 Friendly match
10 2-2
11 10 November 1976 Nationalstadion, Kavala, Greece  Switzerland 2-0 3-0 Friendly match
12 5 December 1976 Empire Stadium, Gzira, Malta  Malta 1-0 1-0 FIFA World Cup 1978 qualification
13 15 December 1976 National Stadion, Ramat Gan, Israel  Israel 3-1 3-1 Friendly match
14 30 April 1977 Lehener Stadion, Salzburg, Austria  Malta 1–0 9-0 FIFA World Cup 1978 qualification
15 2-0
16 3-0
17 4-0
18 6-0
19 8-0
20 24 August 1977 Praterstadion, Vienna , Austria  Poland 2-0 2-1 Friendly match
21 15 February 1978 Nea Filadelfia Stadion, Athens, Greece  Greece 1-1 1-1 Friendly match
22 3 June 1978 Velez Sarsfield Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Spain 2-1 2-1 FIFA World Cup 1978
23 7 June 1978 Velez Sarsfield Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Sweden 1-0 1-0 FIFA World Cup 1978
24 21 June 1978 Estadio Chateau Carreras, Córdoba, Argentina  Germany 2-1 3-2 FIFA World Cup 1978
25 3-2
26 30 August 1978 Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway  Norway 2-0 2-0 UEFA Euro 1980 qualification
27 28 March 1979 Astridpark, Brussels, Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 1-1 1-1 UEFA Euro 1980 qualification
28 29 August 1979 Praterstadion, Vienna , Austria  Norway 4-0 4-0 UEFA Euro 1980 qualification
29 17 October 1979 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland  Scotland 1-0 1-1 UEFA Euro 1980 qualification
30 15 November 1980 Praterstadion, Vienna , Austria  Albania 5-0 5-0 FIFA World Cup 1982 qualification
31 28 May 1981 Praterstadion, Vienna , Austria  Bulgaria 1-0 2-0 FIFA World Cup 1982 qualification
33 17 June 1981 Linzer Stadion, Linz, Austria  Finland 3-0 5-1 FIFA World Cup 1982 qualification
34 24 March 1982 Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary  Hungary 1-0 3-2 Freiendly match

Career statistics

Manager career

Although he coached different teams he was not as successful as a player. With his teams he never reached a European competition. As manager of the national team failed to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Honours

Rapid Wien
Barcelona
Individual honours
  • Runner up European footballer of the year 1978
  • Austrian Footballer of the year 1973, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1988
  • Part of the 20th century Austrian team
  • Part of Rapids team of the century
  • Pichichi Trophy: 1979
  • European Golden Shoe: 1978
  • Austrian coach of the Year: 1999

Musical career

After his football career he began to sing and had some hits in Austria.

Discography

Singles
  • "Ohne Ball'n und ohne Netz" (1974)
  • "Vor, vor noch ein Tor …" (1974)
Under the name Johann K.
  • "Rostige Flügel" (1984, mit Kottans Kapelle)
  • "Lonely Boy" (1985)
  • "Ka Platz im Herz" (1986)
  • "Aspirin" (1986)
  • "Der Bätmän bin i" (1989)
  • "Rudi" (2002)
  • "Jingle Bells" (2003)
Albums
Under the name Johann K.
  • Des war schon alles? (1985)
  • A scheena Bua (2003)
  • Best of – Wo san nur die Zeiten hin (2008)



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