Ernst Melchior

**Ernst Melchior** (26 June 1920 – 5 August 1978) was an Austrian former professional footballer . He played as   striker in Austria and France. He also played for the  Austrian national football team.

## Club career

Melchior was born in Villach and startes his career with Villacher SV. In August 1946 he  came to the FK Austria Wien. He played seven years for the club.  Then he went to France. There he played for FC Rouen and FC Nantes.

## International career

Melchior made his debut for Austria in an April 1946 friendly match against Hungary. He was in the team for the 1948 Summer Olympics. His last match was on 29 November 1953 in a away match versus Portugal.  He earned 36 caps and scored 16 goals.

## International statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|Austria|1946|5|1|
|1947|3|0|||
|1948|7|3|||
|1949|3|1|||
|1950|6|7|||
|1951|6|4|||
|1952|5|0|||
|1953|1|0|||

- _Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Melchior goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|14  April 1946|Prater Stadion,   Vienna,  Austria||2-2|3-2|Friendly match||||||||
|2|18 April 1948|Prater Stadion,   Vienna,  Austria||2-0|3-1|Friendly match||||||||
|3|2 May 1948|Prater Stadion,  Vienna, Austria||1-1|3-2|Svehla-Cup||||||||
|4|3 October 1948|Ujpest-Stadion,  Budapest, Hungary||1-2|1-2|Friendly match||||||||
|5|8 May 1949|Megyeri úti Stadion,  Budapest, Hungary||1-4|1-6|Svehla-Cup||||||||
|6|2 April 1950|Prater Stadion,  Vienna, Austria||1-0|1-0|Svehla-Cup||||||||
|7|14 May 1950|Praterstadion,  Vienna, Austria||5-3|5-3|Friendly match||||||||
|8|8 October 1950|Praterstadion,  Vienna, Austria||5-1|7-2|Friendly match||||||||
|9|7-2|||||||||||||
|10|29 October 1950|Megyeri úti Stadion,  Budapest, Hungary||3-3|3-4|Friendly match||||||||
|11|5 November 1950|Praterstadion,  Vienna, Austria||1-0|5-1|Friendly match||||||||
|12|13 December 1950|Hampden Park,  Glasgow,  Scotland||1-0|1-0|Friendly match||||||||
|13|17 June 1951|Idraetsparken,   Copenhagen,  Denmark||1-0|3-3|Friendly match||||||||
|14|14 October 1951|Heysel Stadium,   Brussels,  Belgium||4-1|8-1|Friendly match||||||||
|15|7-1|||||||||||||
|16|28 November 1951|Wembley Stadium,   London,  England||2-2|3-2|Friendly match||||||||

## Coaching career

Melchior was manager of Beşiktaş J.K. (Turkey), Fortuna Düsseldorf (Germany), Club Africain (Tunisia) and Rouen (France). He was also  manager of the Luxembourg national football team.

## Further informations

Melchior confessed to breaking into an apartment during the November 1938 pogroms against Jews (as an 18-year-old) during court proceedings. Melchior died after a long illness in Rouen. In his honour a small street in   Vienna was named after him.

## Honours

- 3 × Austrian champion: 1949, 1950, 1953
- 2 × Austrian Cup: 1948, 1949

## Other websites

- Profile - Austria Archive

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ernst Melchior
- **fullname**: Ernst Melchior
- **birth place**: Villach, Austria
- **death place**: Rouen, France
- **position**: Striker (association football), Striker
- **years1**: 1940–1946
- **clubs1**: Villacher SV
- **years2**: 1946–1953
- **clubs2**: FK Austria Wien, Austria Wien
- **caps2**: 158
- **goals2**: 120
- **years3**: 1954–1958
- **clubs3**: FC Rouen, Rouen
- **caps3**: 158
- **goals3**: 70
- **years4**: 1958–1959
- **clubs4**: FC Nantes, Nantes
- **caps4**: 35
- **goals4**: 16
- **nationalyears1**: 1946–1953
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 36
- **nationalgoals1**: 16
- **manageryears1**: 1963–1964
- **managerclubs1**: Beşiktaş J.K., Beşiktaş
- **manageryears2**: 1967
- **managerclubs2**: Fortuna Düsseldorf
- **manageryears3**: 1968–1969
- **managerclubs3**: Club Africain
- **manageryears4**: 1969–1972
- **managerclubs4**: Luxembourg national football team, Luxembourg
- **manageryears5**: 1972–1975
- **managerclubs5**: FC Rouen, Rouen