Ernst Melchior

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Ernst Melchior
Personal information
Full name Ernst Melchior
Date of birth June 26, 1920(1920-06-26)
Place of birth    Villach, Austria
Date of death    August 5, 1978 (aged 58)
Place of death    Rouen, France
Playing position striker
Senior career1
Years Club App (Gls)*

1946-1953
1954-1958
1958-1959
Villacher SV
Austria Wien
FC Rouen
FC Nantes

158 (120)
158 0(70)
035 0(16)   
National team
1946-1953 Austria 36 (16)
Teams managed
1963-1964
1967
1968-1969
1969-1972
1972-1975
Beşiktaş JK
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Club Africain
Luxembourg
Rouen

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Ernst Melchior (26 June 1920 in Villach – 5 August 1978 in Rouen, France) was an Austrian football player.

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[edit] Club career

He played seven years for Austrian giants Austria Wien before moving to France where he played for FC Rouen and FC Nantes.

[edit] International career

Melchior made his debut for Austria in an April 1946 friendly match against Hungary and was a participant at the 1948 Summer Olympics[1] He earned 36 caps, scoring 16 goals.[2] His last international was a November 1953 World Cup qualification match against Portugal.

[edit] Death and legacy

Melchior died, aged 58, after a long illness in Rouen. In his honour, a gasse (street) in Vienna was named after him.

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