Ernst Melchior

Ernst Melchior

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Melchior was born in Villach. He played seven years for Austrian club Austria Wien before moving to France where he played for FC Rouen and FC Nantes.

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. He earned 36 caps, scoring 16 goals. His last international was a November 1953 World Cup qualification match against Portugal.

International goals

Austria score listed first, score column indicates score after each Melchior goal.

Managerial career

Melchior was manager of Beşiktaş J.K. (Turkey), Fortuna Düsseldorf (Germany), Club Africain (Tunisia) and Rouen (France). He was also the tenth manager of the Luxembourg national football team, in charge for 13 games.

Club
FK Austria Wien (1946–1954)
Club
FC Nantes (1958–1959)
Club
FC Rouen (1953–1958)
Club
Austria men's national football team (1946–1953)
Club
EC VSV
National team
Austria

Legacy

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.

Clubs

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Archive

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Austrian association football player (1920-1978)

Position

forward

Extract from Wikipedia

Ernst Melchior was an Austrian professional footballer who played as a striker.

▸ Source: Wikipedia
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