Helmut Senekowitsch
Helmut Senekowitsch ([1] 22 October 1933 – 9 September 2007) was an Austrian football player and later a football manager.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Helmut Senekowitsch | ||
| Date of birth | 22 October 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Graz, Austria | ||
| Date of death | 9 September 2007 (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | Klosterneuburg, Austria | ||
| Playing position | Forward / midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1955–1958 | Sturm Graz | 72 | (30) |
| 1958–1961 | First Vienna FC | 75 | (63) |
| 1961–1964 | Real Betis | 47 | (10) |
| 1964–1971 | Wacker Innsbruck | 160 | (16) |
| Total | 354 | (119) | |
| National team | |||
| 1957–1968 | Austria | 18 | (5) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1971–1973 | Grazer AK | ||
| 1973–1975 | SK VÖEST Linz | ||
| 1975–1976 | FC Admira/Wacker | ||
| 1976–1978 | Austria | ||
| 1978–1979 | Tecos UAG | ||
| 1979–1980 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| 1981 | Panathinaikos | ||
| 1982 | Olympiacos | ||
| 1982 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| 1983 | AEK Athens | ||
| 1983–1984 | AEK Athens | ||
| 1984–1985 | Grazer AK | ||
| 1985–1988 | Tecos UAG | ||
| 1988 | Cádiz CF | ||
| 1989–1990 | Panionios | ||
| 1990–1991 | AC Omonia | ||
| 1991–1992 | LASK Linz | ||
| 1995–1996 | Floridsdorfer AC | ||
| 1997 | First Vienna | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Playing career
He played 354 matches and scored 119 goals for SK Sturm Graz, Real Betis, First Vienna FC and FC Wacker Innsbruck.
He played for the Austria national football team. In 1958 he played in the FIFA World Cup.[2] He played 18 matches and scored 5 goals.
Coaching career
Senekowitsch later worked as a coach in different European countries like Germany (Eintracht Frankfurt), Greece ( Panathinaikos, Olympiacos , AEK Athens), Spain (Athletic Bilbao) and Austria (Grazer AK, VOEST Linz, Linzer ASK, First Vienna FC)
From 1976 to 1978 he was manager of the Austrian national football team. After 20 years Austria had qualified for the World Cup. In the 1978 FIFA World Cup the Austrian team advanced to the second round. The first match was a 1–5 loss against Netherlands being coached by his former teammate Ernst Happel. Later he led them during the game known as The miracle of Córdoba where they won 3:2 versus West Germany. It was the first victory since 47 years.
References
- ↑ "LASK Doku 1991 mit Trainer Helmut Senekowitsch". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ↑ Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA
- ↑ Austrian sports world pays tribute to late Helmut Senekowitsch – Federal Chancellery
- ↑ Die österreichische Fußballfamilie trauert um Helmut Senekowitsch Archived 15 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine – ÖFB (in German)
Other websites
- Helmut Senekowitsch at eintracht-archiv.de (in German)
- Helmut Senekowitsch at BDFutbol
- Helmut Senekowitsch at National-Football-Teams.com