Erich Probst

Erich Probst (5 December 1927 – 16 March 1988) was an Austrian footballer. He played as striker for different teams in Vienna and also abroad.

Career
He started with Admira Wien at 17 years old. After a year with Vienna he signed with SK Rapid Wien. In this time he won the Austrian Championship four times. In his first season with Rapid he scored 28 goals in 23 matches. Although he was always a top scorer he never shot the highest number of goals in the league.

After his time with Rapid he went to Wuppertaler SV in Germany. After the relegation of Wuppertal he went on to Switzerland playing for FC Zürich. In winter 1959 he came back to Austria to SV Austria Salzburg. The club paid 90 000 Austrian schillings, which was the highest till this time. He shot 15 goals and the team could stay in the top league. During his time with Salzburg he played his last match in the national football team. He was the first player of SV Austria Salzburg who ever played for the team.

In the 1960/61 season he was coach of SV Austria but not successful. So he went on to play as striker again. His last clubs were the SAK 1914 in Salzburg and First Vienna FC in Vienna. At all he scored 150 goals in Austrias top league.

International
He played 19 times for the Austrian national football team and scored 17 goals. His first match was on  27 May 1951 (4:0 versus Scotland)  In the qualification match for the FIFA World Cup 1954 versus Portugal he scored 5 goals for the 9:1 win. He was member of the 1954 FIFA World Cup squad which reached the third place. During the tournament he scored six goals and was together with Max Morlock of Germany and Josef Hügi of Switzerland second in the scorer list. During his time abroad he was not player of the team. But in 1960 he played his last match versus France (2:4) where he also scored his last goal for the team. So he was the first national football team player coming from SV Austria Salzburg.
International statistics 

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+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsAustria195130195210195335195478195544196010Total1917

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Probst goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Erich ProbstNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1   27 September 1953   Prater Stadion, Vienna, Austria  2–0  9–1  1954 FIFA World Cup Qualification2 3-03 4-04 5-05 7-16   30 May 1954   Prater Stadion ,  Vienna, Austria  3–0  5-0  Friendly match7 4-08 16 June 1954    Hardturm,  Zürich,   Switzerland  1-0 1-0   1954 FIFA World Cup9   19 June 1954  Hardturm,  Zürich,   Switzerland  2–0  5-0  1954 FIFA World Cup10 3-011 4-01226 June 1954   Stade Olympique de La Pontaise,   Lausanne ,  Switzerland  7-5 7-5    1954 FIFA World Cup1330 June 1954 St. Jakob Stadion,Basel ,  Switzerland  1-2 1-6  1954 FIFA World Cup1427 March 1955  Za Luzankami  ,  Brno  ,  Czechoslovakia  1-2 2-3 Gerö-Cup15   24 April 1955   Prater Stadion ,  Vienna, Austria  1-1  2-2  Gerö-Cup162-2171 May 1955   Wankdorfstadium, Bern ,  Switzerland  3-2 3-2  Gerö-Cup

Honours
Austrian Football Bundesliga (4):
 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956
Mitropa Cup (1):
 1951
 Member of the Austrian team for the 1954 FIFA World Cup
References 

Category:1927 births
Category:1988 deaths
Category:Austrian footballers
Category:Austrian football managers
Category:Players of the Austrian national football team
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Category:SK Rapid Wien players
Category:1954 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Austrian football forwards
Category:Austrian football champions
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg managers