Helmut Köglberger

**Helmut Köglberger** (12 January 1946 – 23 September 2018) was an Austrian professional footballer. He played as a striker. He represented the Austria national football team.

## Career

Helmut Köglberger started playing football for SV Sierning and SK Amateure Steyr.

His career as a professional soccer player began 1964 at LASK. In the 1964/65 season they won the championship and the cup. In 1968 he moved to Wiener Austria. With Austria he won the title in the 1968/69 and the following season. He played 227 official games for Austria and scored 122 goals. During the 1974/75 season he moved back to LASK and was top scorer a second time with a total of 22 goals.   2008 Köglberger was voted LASK player of the century.

## International

On 5 September   1965, Köglberger made his debut for the national team against Hungary. His last match was on 10 November 1976 versus Greece. He made a total of 28 appearances, scored 6 goals and also was captain of the team.

## International statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|Austria|1965|2|0|
|1967|1|0|||
|1968|5|0|||
|1969|2|2|||
|1971|1|0|||
|1972|3|1|||
|1973|1|1|||
|1974|5|0|||
|1975|4|1|||
|1976|4|1|||

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

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|27 April 1969|Empire Stadion,  Gzira, Malta||1-0|3-1|Friendly match||||||||
|2|3-1|||||||||||||
|3|25 November 1972|Empire Stadion,  Gzira , Malta||1-0|2-0|1974 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|4|28 March 1973|Praterstadion,  Vienna, Austria||1-0|1-0|Friendly match||||||||
|5|16 March 1975|Stade Municipal,  Luxembourg,  Luxembourg||1-1|2-1|UEFA Euro 1976 qualification||||||||
|6|22 September 1976|Linzer Stadion,   Linz,   Austria||2-0|3-1|Friendly match||||||||

## Manager

After his professional career he managed different teams in Upper Austria. He also managed youth teams of VOEST Linz and LASK.

## Early life

Köglberger was born on 12 January 1946 in Steyr to an African American father and Austrian mother. He was raised by his grandmother.

## Honours

- 3 × Austrian Champion: 1965 (LASK), 1969, 1970 (Austria Wien)
- 3 × Austrian Cup: 1965 (LASK), 1971, 1974 (Austria Wien)
- 2 × Topscorer Austrian Bundesliga: 1969, 1975
- Captain of the Austrian national football team (28 matches, 6 goals)
- Bronzener Schuh (3rd place European top scorers): 1968/69

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Helmut Köglberger
- **birth place**: Steyr, Austria
- **death place**: Linz, Austria
- **position**: Striker (association football), Striker
- **years1**: 1962–1964
- **years2**: 1964–1968
- **years3**: 1968–1974
- **years4**: 1975–1981
- **clubs1**: SK Amateure Steyr
- **clubs2**: LASK
- **clubs3**: FK Austria Wien, Austria/WAC
- **clubs4**: LASK
- **caps2**: 70
- **goals2**: 40
- **caps3**: 171
- **goals3**: 96
- **caps4**: 219
- **goals4**: 99
- **nationalyears1**: 1965–1976
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 28
- **nationalgoals1**: 6
- **manageryears1**: 1999-2000
- **managerclubs1**: SV Grieskirchen
- **manageryears2**: 2001-2002
- **managerclubs2**: Union Perg
- **manageryears3**: 2007
- **managerclubs3**: Union Perg
- **manageryears4**: 2008-2010
- **managerclubs4**: ASKÖ Pregarten
- **manageryears5**: 2010-2012
- **managerclubs5**: LASK (youth coordinator)
- **manageryears6**: 2011-2012
- **managerclubs6**: LASK II (caretaker coach)