Erich Hof

Erich Hof (3 August 1936 – 25 January 1995) was an Austrian footballer and coach. played as a forward mostly for Wiener Sport-Club.

Career
He was born in the Brigittenau district of Vienna. Hof began playing football as a striker with SCR Hochstädt. In 1952 he went to Wiener Sport-Club. There he played until 1969. Only 1964/65 he played for FK Austria Wien. In 1959 and 1961 he was top scorer of the Austrian league with 32 and 21 goals.  Hof was a leading Austrian footballer in the 1960s and was known as "The Professor of Football" (Der Professor des Fußballs).

Hof made 37 appearances and scored 28 goals for the Austria national football team from 1957 to 1968. He made his debut in a friendly match against West Germany on 10 March 1957.
International statistics
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+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoals  Austria 195710195831195956196077196152196242196340196410196521196722196837Total3728

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

+ List of international goals scored by Erich HofNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition115 October 1958 Praterstadion,   Vienna,  Austria  1-01-2    Friendly match220 May 1959 Ullevaal Stadion,   Oslo,  Norway    1-01-0   UEFA Euro 1960314 June 1959  Praterstadion,  Vienna, Austria  2-24-2  Friendly match43-2523 September 1959  Praterstadion,  Vienna, Austria  1-05-2  UEFA Euro 196063-1722 November 1959   Mestalla Stadium ,   Valencia,   Spain    1-33-6  Friendly match829 May 1960  Praterstadion,  Vienna, Austria  3-04-1  Friendly match94-01022 November 1959   Ullevaal Stadion ,   Oslo,   Norway    1-21-2  Friendly match114 September 1960  Praterstadion,  Vienna, Austria  1-13-1  Friendly match124-01330 October 1960 Praterstadion,  Vienna, Austria    3-03-0  Friendly match1410 December 1960  Stadio San Paolo ,   Naples,  Italy    1-02-1  Friendly match15 27 May 1961 Praterstadion,  Vienna, Austria   1-03-1  Friendly match168 October 1961 Praterstadion,  Vienna, Austria   1⁻12-1  Friendly match178 April 1962  Dalymount Park,   Dublin,  Ireland  3-23-2    Friendly match186 May 1962  Praterstadion,  Vienna, Austria  1-02-0    Friendly match1925 April 1964 Praterstadion,  Vienna ,   Austria   1-01-1 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification  2011 June 1967  Leninstadion,   Moscow,   USSR  1-23-4  UEFA Euro 1968 qualification216 September 1967  Praterstadion,  Vienna ,   Austria]  1-31-3   Friendly match2219 May 1968  Praterstadion,  Vienna, Austria  1-07-1   1970 FIFA World Cup qualification233-0244-1255-1267-12716 June 1968   Kirovstadion,   Leningrad,   USSR]  1-11-3  Friendly match286 September 1967 Dalymount Park,  Dublin,   Ireland]  2-02-2   Friendly match

Coaching career

He was coach of Wiener Sport-Club (1969–70, 1974–1979, and 1985–86), Austria Salzburg and  FK Austria Wien (1980–1982 and 1989-90). From 1982 to 1984 he was coach of the Austrian national football team. He also managed Diagoras Rhodos in Greece.

Personal life
Hof died from lung cancer in a Vienna hospital on 25 January 1995. He was the brother of retired footballer Norbert Hof.
 Honours
 Player
 Austrian Bundesliga: 1958, 1959
 Austrian Bundesliga top scorer: 1959, 1963
 Austrian Cup: 1969 (finalists)

 Coach
Austrian Bundesliga: 1980, 1981
Austrian Cup: 1982

References

Other websites
Austria Archiv as player 
Austria Archiv as coach 
National Team stats as player 
National Team stats as coach 

Category:1936 births
Category:1995 deaths
Category:Austrian footballers
Category:Association football forwards
Category:Austrian football managers
Category:Austria national football team managers
Category:FK Austria Wien managers
Category:Deaths from lung cancer
Category:Austrian football forwards
Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga top scorers
Category:Sportspeople from Vienna
Category:Wiener Sport-Club players
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg managers