Johann Pesser

**Johann Erik Pesser** (7 November 1911 – 12 August 1986) was an Austrian football striker and coach.

## Career

From 1930 to 1942, Pesser played for SK Rapid Vienna. During this time he played in 146 league matches and scored 44 goals. He played four games in the ÖFB Cup. Because Austria was occupied in 1938, by Nazi-Germany he played twelve games in the Tschammerpokal  and in eleven final round games for the German national team.

## International career

He earned 8 caps and scored 3 goals for the Austria national football team. After the annexation of Austria by Germany, he earned 12 caps and scored 2 goals for the Germany national football team. He participated in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. and later also managed the team, and also briefly managed the Austria national team.

## International statistics

- Austria
|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Austria|1935|2|1|
|1936|1|0|||
|1937|5|2|||
- _Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pesser goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|12 May 1935|Praterstadion,   Vienna ,   Austria||4-1|5-2|Friendly match||||||||
|2|23 May 1935|Üllöi ut,  Budapest,   Hungary||1-1|2-2|Friendly match||||||||
|3|2-1|||||||||||||
- Germany

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Germany|1938|4|2|
|1939|3|0|||
|1940|5|0|||
- _Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pesser goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|14 May 1938|Olympiastadion,   Berlin ,   Germany||3-5|3-6|Friendly match||||||||
|2|25 September 1938|Stadionul Republicii,   Bucharest ,   Romania||4-0|4-1|Friendly match||||||||

## Managerial career

He had a successful time as a coach from 1945 to 1966. Between 1945 and 1953, he was coach of SK Rapid Wien. He won four championships  and one national and one Zentropacup.  From 1953 to 1960, he was manager of Wiener Sport-Club. He won two championships. Then he was the manager of SK Admira Wien. During this time he won a championship and two national cups.

He was assistant coachfor the Austrian national team in the 1946–47 season (under Eduard Bauer), 1953–54 (under Walter Nausch) and 1957–58 (under Josef Argauer). During the 1954 World Cup he was assistant coach with Eduard Frühwirth under Walter Nausch.

### As player

- _Rapid Wien_(4 x Austrian Champion 1935, 1938, 1940, 1941; German Cup 1938; German Champion 1941)

### as coach

- _Rapid Wien_(1945-53: 4 x Austrian Champion, 1 x Austrian Cup, 1x Zentropacup)
- _Wiener Sportklub_ (1953–1960: 2 x Austrian Champion)
- _Admira_ (1 x Austrian Champion, 2 x Austrian Cup)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Hans Pesser
- **fullname**: Johann Erik Pesser
- **birth place**: Vienna, Austria-Hungary
- **position**: Striker
- **years1**: 1930–1942
- **clubs1**: SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Vienna
- **caps1**: 146
- **goals1**: 44
- **nationalyears1**: 1935–1937
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 8
- **nationalgoals1**: 3
- **nationalyears2**: 1938–1940
- **nationalteam2**: Germany national football team, Germany
- **nationalcaps2**: 12
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **manageryears1**: 1945–1953
- **managerclubs1**: SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Vienna
- **manageryears2**: 1953–1960
- **managerclubs2**: Wiener Sport-Club, Wiener Sportklub
- **manageryears3**: 1960–1967
- **managerclubs3**: Admira Wien
- **manageryears4**: 1967–1968
- **managerclubs4**: Austria national football team, Austria