Franz Weselik

Franz Weselik (20 April 1903 in Vienna – 15 March 1962) was a former Austrian football player and coach. He played as forward mainly for SK Rapid Wien. He also played for the Austrian national football team.
Career
Weselik began his career in 1919 at Blue Star Wien and joined SK Rapid Wien in 1923. In 1927 he celebrated his first major success with the team by winning the Vienna Cup. In 1929 and 1930 he won the Austrian championship title with Rapid and won the Mitropacup. The year 1930 was the most successful for the striker. He scored 24 goals in 20 championship games and was  Austria's top scorer.

In 1934 Weselik signed a contract as a player-coach at FC Mulhouse. Franz Weselik was the third-best league goalscorer of the 1934/35 season with 24 goals. The team finished 6th. After two years he went to Jönköping for a season as coach. In 1938 he returned to Austria. He played for SC Red Star Vienna and then ended his active career.

Weselik was member of the NSDAP. He applied for membership in the NSDAP on February 10, 1940 and was admitted on January 1, 1941 (membership number 8,471,374).Jakob Rosenberger, Georg Spitaler: Grün-Weiss unterm Hakenkreuz. Der Sportklub Rapid im Nationalsozialismus. Dokumentationsarchiv des Österreichischen Widerstandes, Wien 2011, S. 299.

International career
He made his debut for Austria on 6 May 1928 against Hungary and scored 3 goals in the away match. He earned 11 caps, scoring 13 goals.Appearances for Austrian National Team - RSSSF His final international was an April 1933 match, also against Hungary.
International statistics
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+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoals  Austria192824192945193022193211193321Total1113

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

+ List of international goals scored by  Franz WeselikNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition16 May 1928   Hungária út,,   Budapest, Hungary  1-25-5  Friendly match22-333-547 October 1928 Hohe Warte  ,  Vienna, Austria  3-15-1  Svehla-Cup517 March 1929  Spartastadion,   Prague, Czechoslovakia  2-03-3  Friendly match63-377 April 1929   Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria    2-0 3-0  Svehla-Cup 85 May 1929   Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria  2-1 2-2     Friendly match915 September 1929 Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria    2-12-1  Friendly match10 21 September 1930 Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria   1-02-3  Friendly match1116 November 1930 Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria   2⁻14-1  Friendly match1211 December 1932 Stade du Centenaire,   Brussels,    Belgium  6-16-1    Friendly match1312 February 1933 Parc des Princes,   Paris,    France  3-04-0    Friendly match

Honours
Austrian Football Bundesliga (2):
 1929, 1930
Austrian Cup (1):
 1927   
Mitropa Cup (1):
 1930

References



Other websites
Rapid stats  - Rapid Archive

Category:1903 births
Category:1962 deaths
Category:Austrian footballers
Category:Players of the Austrian national football team
Category:SK Rapid Wien players
Category:Austrian football managers
Category:Austrian football forwards
Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga top scorers
Category:Austrian football champions
Category:Sportspeople from Vienna