Karl Stotz
![]() Stotz in 1953 | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Karl Stotz | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 27 March 1927 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Vienna, Austria | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 4 April 2017 | (aged 90)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Seefeld in Tirol, Austria | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1948–1951 | FC Wien | 63 | (8) | |||||||||||
1951–1963 | Austria Wien | 299 | (22) | |||||||||||
Total | 362 | (30) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1950–1962 | Austria | 42 | (1) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
1972 | Austria Wien | |||||||||||||
1976–1977 | Austria Wien | |||||||||||||
1978–1981 | Austria | |||||||||||||
1987 | Austria Wien | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Karl Stotz (27 March 1927 – 4 April 2017) was an Austrian football player from Vienna.
As a young soldier, he fought in the Battle of Stalingrad, was captured in 1944 and only returned home in 1948.
Club career
On his return to his homeland, Stotz played three years for FC Wien before joining Austria Wien in 1951. In his 12 years with the Vienna giants he won 4 league titles and 2 domestic cups.
In 2001, he was chosen in Austria's Team of the Century.
International career
He made his debut for Austria in a March 1950 friendly match against Switzerland and was a participant at the 1954 FIFA World Cup and 1958 FIFA World Cup.[1] He earned 42 caps, scoring one goal.[2] His final international was a September 1962 friendly match against Czechoslovakia.
Retirement
He later went into coaching and managed Austria Wien and the Austria national team whom he led to the 1982 FIFA World Cup but was sacked just before the tournament.
Stotz died on 4 April 2017 in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria, aged 90.[3][4]
Honours
- Austrian Football Bundesliga (4):
- 1953, 1961, 1962, 1963
- Austrian Cup (2):
- 1960,1962
References
- ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
- ^ Appearances for Austrian National Team - RSSSF
- ^ "Österreichs Fußball trauert um Karl Stotz". Die Presse (in German). 4 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
- ^ "Österreich: Ex-Nationaltrainer Stotz verstorben". Spox.com (in German). 4 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
External links
- Player profile - Austria Wien archive (in German)
- Karl Stotz at National-Football-Teams.com
- Karl Stotz at WorldFootball.net
- 1927 births
- 2017 deaths
- Footballers from Vienna
- Austrian men's footballers
- Austria men's international footballers
- 1954 FIFA World Cup players
- 1958 FIFA World Cup players
- FK Austria Wien players
- Austrian football managers
- FK Austria Wien managers
- Austria national football team managers
- German military personnel of World War II
- Men's association football defenders
- Austrian football defender stubs