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Helmut Senekowitsch

Helmut Senekowitsch

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Senekowitsch played for several clubs, including SK Sturm Graz, Real Betis and FC Wacker Innsbruck.

International career

Senekowitsch played for the Austria national football team and was a participant at the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He earned 18 caps, scoring 5 goals.

Managerial career

Senekowitsch later worked as a coach, one of his major achievements was helping Austria qualify for the 1978 FIFA World Cup, the first time Austria had qualified for the World Cup in twenty years. The Austrian team advanced to the second round in whose first match they fell 1–5 against Netherlands being coached by former international teammate Ernst Happel. Later he led them during the game dubbed The miracle of Córdoba, against arch-rivals West Germany, which the Austrians won 3–2. It was Austria's first victory against a German national side in 47 years, and its first victory over West Germany.

Club
SK Sturm Graz (1955–1958)
Club
First Vienna FC (1958–1961)
Club
FC Wacker Innsbruck (1964–1971)
Club
Real Betis Balompié (1961–1964)
Club
Austria men's national football team (1957–1968)
Club
Grazer SC (1952–1955)
National team
Austria

Trophies & Awards

Award
Honour in Silver for services to the Republic of Austria

Legacy

Honours

Player

Wacker Innsbruck Austrian football championship: 1970–71 Austrian Cup: 1969–70

Manager

AEK Athens Greek Cup: 1982–83

Clubs

Played together with

Archive

Passport
Identifiers & aliases
ISNI

000000002098946X

Description

Austrian footballer (1933-2007)

Position

forward

Extract from Wikipedia

Helmut Senekowitsch was an Austrian football player and later a football manager.

▸ Source: Wikipedia
All links
Official Website

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