Engelbert Smutny

Engelbert Smutny (* 19 March 1917; † 31 October 1972) was an Austrian football player and coach.
Career 
Smutny first joined the German Wehrmacht in August 1939, but was granted leave from the front.  Jakob Rosenberger, Georg Spitaler: Grün-Weiss unterm Hakenkreuz. Der Sportklub Rapid im Nationalsozialismus. Dokumentationsarchiv des Österreichischen Widerstandes, Wien 2011, S. 233, 301.  In 1941 he went from from Favoritner AC to SK Rapid Wien. There he celebrated his greatest successes as a player. In 1946  he won the Austrian league title and cup with Rapid. From 1947 to 1952  he played for Wiener Sport-Club. He finished  his career with lower-league clubs.
 International 
Smutny played for the Gauauswahlmannschaft Donau-Alpenland  team in the 1941/42 Reichsbund Cup competition . They lost 1-0 to the Lower Rhine regional selection team on 7 December  1942, at the Prater Stadium in Vienna.

In 1946, he played three international matches for the Austrian national team. He made his debut on 14 April in Vienna in a 3-2 victory over Hungary. On 5 May he lost 3-1 versus France in Paris. His last match was on 27 October in a 4-3 loss to Czechoslovakia  in Vienna.  Austria Soccer 
International statistics
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+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoals  Austria194630Total30

References 

Category:1917 births
Category:1972 deaths
Category:Austrian footballers
Category:Players of the Austrian national football team
Category:SK Rapid Wien players
Category:Austrian football champions
Category:Austrian football managers