Matthias Kaburek

Matthias Kaburek
Personal information
Date of birth (1911-02-09)9 February 1911
Place of birth Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 17 February 1976(1976-02-17) (aged 65)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1927–1928 Vienna CFC
1928–1936 Rapid Wien 121 (100)
1936–1937 FC Metz 21 (14)
1937–1938 USB Longwy
1939–1945 Rapid Wien 37 (38)
International career
1934–1935 Austria 4 (2)
1939 Germany 1 (0)
Managerial career
1947 FC Brno
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Matthias Kaburek (9 February 1911 – 17 February 1976) was an Austrian football player. He played as a forward mainly for SK Rapid Wien. With the Austrian national football team he played in the 1934 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Kaburek started his career with the Vienna Cricket and Football-Club. In 1928 he went to SK Rapid Wien.Then he played for FC Metz (1936/37) and USB Longwy (1937/38) in the French league sides Metz,[1] alongside compatriot and fellow World Cup player Franz Cisar. For Rapid Vienna, Kaburek played 152 games and scored 135 goals.[2]

International career

He played his first match on 11 February 1934 in a 4-2 win versus Italy.[3] As a player Kaburek was part of Austria national football team at the 1934 FIFA World Cup.[4] He also played one match for Germany after the occupation of Austria by Nazi Germany[5] in 1939.[6]

Manager

After the end of the Second World War, Kaburek worked as a coach. He started in 1946 at ASK Hollabrunn and in 1947 at SK Židenice in Brno. In 1949 he took over the coaching post at ASK Patria Heidenreichstein.

Honours

  • Austrian Bundesliga Top Goalscorer:
  • Mitropacup:
    • 1930
  • Austrian champion:
    • 1929, 1930, 1935, 1940, 1941
  • German champion:
    • 1941

References

  1. ↑ Profile Archived 2014-02-23 at the Wayback Machine - FC Metz
  2. ↑ Rapid Archiv
  3. ↑ ÖFB.at
  4. ↑ 1934 FIFA World Cup Italy- FIFA
  5. ↑ Appearances of Austrians for Germany 1938-1942 - RSSSF
  6. ↑ DFB Official website
  7. ↑ Österreichs Torschützenkönige Archived 2007-09-15 at the Wayback Machine - Oberliga.at
  • Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.

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