Engelbert Smutny
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Engelbert Smutny | ||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1917 | ||
| Date of death | 31 October 1972 (aged 55) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1937-1941 | Favoritner AC | ||
| 1941-1947 | SK Rapid Wien | 63 | (3) |
| 1947-1952 | Wiener Sport-Club | ||
| 1952-1953 | Grazer AK | ||
| 1953-1954 | ESV Vorwärts Krems | ||
| 1954-1957 | Konsum | ||
| International career | |||
| 1946 | Austria | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1952 | Grazer AK | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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. [1] 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. [2]
International statistics
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 1946 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
References
- ↑ Jakob Rosenberger, Georg Spitaler: Grün-Weiss unterm Hakenkreuz. Der Sportklub Rapid im Nationalsozialismus. Dokumentationsarchiv des Österreichischen Widerstandes, Wien 2011, S. 233, 301.
- ↑ Austria Soccer
- ↑ Transfermarkt.at