Rudolf Flögel

**Rudolf 'Rudi' Flögel** (born 13 December 1939) is an Austrian former professional footballer. He played most of the time as a striker for Rapid Vienna. He also played for the Austrian national football team.

## Club career

Rudi Flögel began his career in 1952 at FC Weißgärber. In 1958 he moved to SK Rapid Wien.  Rudi Flögel played almost his entire career at this club. He played 14 seasons for them, playing 333 matches and scoring 145 goals. He won the Austrian Championship and the Austrian Cup four times.

At the end of his career he played for SV Admira Wiener Neustadt. There he played another year in the top league. After the team were relegated, he moved to 1. Simmeringer SC. In 1974 he ended his playing career.

## International career

He made his debut for Austria in a May 1960 friendly match against Scotland. He earned 40 caps, scoring 6 goals. His last international was a September 1969 friendly match against West Germany.

## International statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Austria|1960|4|1|
|1961|1|0|||
|1962|6|0|||
|1963|6|1|||
|1964|5|1|||
|1965|4|1|||
|1966|7|1|||
|1967|5|1|||
|1969|2|0|||

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

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|4 September 1960|Praterstadion,  Vienna,  Austria||2-1|3-1|Friendly match||||||||
|2|13 October 1963|Dalymount Park,   Dublin,  Ireland||2-2|2-3|UEFA Euro 1964||||||||
|3|12 April 1964|Olympiastadium,   Amsterdam,  Netherlands||1-1|3-2|Friendly match||||||||
|4|20 October 1965|Wembley Stadium,  London,   England||1-1|9-1|1954 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|5|5 October 1966|Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden||1-4|1-4|Friendly match||||||||
|6|24 September 1967|Praterstadion,  Vienna,  Austria||1-0|2-1|UEFA Euro 1968 qualification||||||||

## Manager career

He managed 1. Simmeringer SC, SC Neusiedl am See, Wiener Sport-Club, Favoritner AC and other smaller clubs from Vienna.

## Honours

- Austrian Football Bundesliga (4): 1960, 1964, 1967, 1968
- Austrian Cup (4): 1961, 1968, 1969, 1972

## Other websites

- Player stats – Rapid Archiv

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Rudi Flögel
- **image**: Rudolf Flögel (1964).jpg
- **fullname**: Rudolf Flögel
- **birth place**: Vienna, Austria
- **position**: Striker (association football), Striker
- **years1**: 1958–1972
- **clubs1**: SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Vienna
- **caps1**: 333
- **goals1**: 145
- **years2**: 1972–1973
- **clubs2**: SV Admira Wiener Neustadt
- **caps2**: 30
- **goals2**: 7
- **years3**: 1973–1976
- **clubs3**: 1. Simmeringer SC
- **caps3**: 32
- **goals3**: 7
- **totalcaps**: 393
- **totalgoals**: 159
- **nationalyears1**: 1960–1969
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 40
- **nationalgoals1**: 6
- **manageryears1**: 1976–1979
- **managerclubs1**: 1. Simmeringer SC
- **manageryears2**: 1979–1981
- **managerclubs2**: SC Neusiedl/See 1919
- **managerclubs3**: VfB Mödling
- **managerclubs4**: Prater SV
- **manageryears5**: 1984–1985
- **managerclubs5**: Wiener Sport-Club
- **manageryears6**: 1988–1990
- **managerclubs6**: SV Stockerau
- **manageryears7**: 1990–1998
- **managerclubs7**: Prater SV
- **manageryears8**: 1998–2001
- **managerclubs8**: 1. Simmeringer SC
- **manageryears9**: 2001–2002
- **managerclubs9**: DSV Fortuna 05 Wien
- **manageryears10**: 2003–2005
- **managerclubs10**: Favoritner AC
- **manageryears11**: 2005–2006
- **managerclubs11**: SV Wienerfeld
- **manageryears12**: 2006–2007
- **managerclubs12**: IC Favoriten
- **manageryears13**: 2007–2008
- **managerclubs13**: 1. Simmeringer SC