Helmut Senekowitsch

Helmut Senekowitsch ( 22 October 1933 – 9 September 2007) was an Austrian football player and later a football manager.

Playing career
He played 354 matches and scored 119 goals for SK Sturm Graz, Real Betis, First Vienna FC and FC Wacker Innsbruck.

He played for the Austria national football team. In 1958 he played in the FIFA World Cup.Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA He played 18 matches and scored 5 goals.
International statistics
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+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoals   Austria 195732195840195921196041196121196210196410196810Total 185

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

+ List of international goals scored by Helmut SenekowitschNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition129 September 1957   Stade Municipal,  Luxembourg , Luxembourg    3-03-0   1958 FIFA World Cup qualification213 October 1957  Prater Stadion, Vienna, Austria  2-22-2  Gerö-Cup322 November 1959  Estadio de Mestalla,  Valencia, Spain  2-43-6   Friendly match430 October 1960 Prater Stadion, Vienna, Austria   1-03-0    Friendly match527 May 1961 Prater Stadion, Vienna, Austria   3-13-1   Friendly match

Coaching career
Senekowitsch later worked as a coach in different European countries like Germany (Eintracht Frankfurt), Greece ( Panathinaikos, Olympiacos , AEK Athens), Spain (Athletic Bilbao) and Austria (Grazer AK, VOEST Linz, Linzer ASK, First Vienna FC)

From 1976 to 1978 he was manager of the Austrian national football team. After 20 years Austria had qualified for the World Cup.  In the 1978 FIFA World Cup the Austrian team advanced to the second round. The first match was a 1–5 loss against Netherlands being coached by his former teammate Ernst Happel. Later he led them during the game known as The miracle of Córdoba where they won 3:2 versus West Germany. It was the first victory since 47 years.

He died in September 2007 after a long illness.Austrian sports world pays tribute to late Helmut Senekowitsch – Federal ChancelleryDie österreichische Fußballfamilie trauert um Helmut Senekowitsch  – ÖFB 

References

Other websites 
 Helmut Senekowitsch at eintracht-archiv.de 



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