Rudi Hiden

Rudi Hiden (Josef Rudolf Hiden, born 9 March 1909 in Graz, Styria, Austria – died 11 September 1973 in Vienna) was an Austrian–French footballer. He was goalkeeper. After his career as player he became football coach.
Career
He started playin football with Grazer A.K., where he played from 1925 - 1927. Then he went to Vienna, where he played for WAC(1927-1933). 1933 he planed to went to Arsenal London, but the Players Union did not allow this, so he went on to RC Paris together with Auguste Jordan, another Austrian footballer. 1937 he took the French nationality and played once for the French team in a 1940 match versus Portugal.
International career
He started at the age of 19 in a match versus Yugoslavia(3:0). His second match he played two years later, he was very good so he became No.1 goalkeeper of the Austrian team. He was the goalkeeper in the golden age of the Austrian team, the so-called Wunderteam (Wonderteam). In the early 1930 the team played 15 matches and won 12 and lost only one game (in Wembley versus England 3:4)
International statistics
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Austria
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoals  Austria 192810193040193170193270193310Total 200

 France
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoals   France 194010Total 10

After his footballer career he became coach of different teams in Italys Seria B.
 1951–1952 Salernitana
 1952–1953 Messina
 1953–1954 Palermo
 1956–1957 Messina
 danach US Carrarese
 1963–1964 Salernitana

Honours
 Austrian Cup (1):
 1931
 French championship (1):
 1936
 Coupe de France (3):
 1936, 1939, 1940
 In 2005 a lane in Viennas district Donaustadt was named after him (Rudi-Hiden-Gasse)
Other websites
 The Wonderteam-Painting by Paul Meissner  

Category:Players of the Austrian national football team
Category:1909 births
Category:1973 deaths
Category:Austrian football managers
Category:French football managers
Category:French association football goalkeepers
Category:Austrian football goalkeepers