Wilhelm Huberts

Infobox Football biography
playername = Willi Huberts


fullname = Wilhelm Huberts
height = Height|m=1.79
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1938|2|22
cityofbirth = Voitsberg
countryofbirth = Austria
currentclub = retired
clubnumber =
position = midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = ASK Voitsberg
years = 1955-1960
1961-1962
1962 1963-1970
1970-1971
1971-1975
clubs = Grazer AK
New York Hungarians
AS Roma Eintracht Frankfurt
Austria Wien
Grazer AK
caps(goals) =

213 (67) 028 0(0)
nationalyears = 1959-1960
nationalteam = fb|Austria
nationalcaps(goals) = 004 0(1)
manageryears =
managerclubs = Kapfenberger SV Alpine Donawitz LASK
pcupdate = 19 July 2008
ntupdate = 5 May 2007

Wilhelm Huberts , also "Willi" or "Willy Huberts" (I) (born February 22 1938 in Voitsberg) is a former Austrian football player.

Club career

Huberts began his career in his hometown with ASK Voitsberg. From there he was transferred to Grazer AK, who got him to the Stadion an der Körösistraße in 1955. Through his immense techniqual skills and his scoring qualities he became a supporter's favourite in Graz.

When GAK played a couple of friendlies in New York in 1959, two of them against Real Madrid, it had causes for Huberts. The midfielder could convince at this tour, and so finally New York Hungarians of the German American Soccer League signed him in 1960. With this club he won U.S. Open Cup (today Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup) in 1962.

In 1963 he went to Frankfurt in Germany. In this year the Bundesliga was founded and the "Eagles" from Hesse were a founding member. Huberts was one of only four foreign players in German pro football, and the only Austrian. In the 1960s team of Frankfurt he was a key player. With the jersey number 10 he scored 80 times for the boys from Main.

For the 1970-71 season he returned to Austria and joined Austria Wien and eventually his home club Grazer AK in 1971 and retired in 1975.

International career

The rising star set an unwanted end of his national team career for Austria. He was capped for four times between 1959 and 1960, while netting in his debut against Belgium on the 0-2 away win. With this club change to New York and the travel opportunities then he longer was eligible for Austria and even when he joined Eintracht Frankfurt he never played again for the national team. The reason was the politics of the clubs not to release foreign players except for big tournaments.

Honours

*U.S. Open Cup (1):
** 1962
*Austrian Cup (1):
** 1971

External links

* [http://www.austria-archiv.at/spieler.php?Spieler_ID=343 Player profile] - Austria Archive
* [http://www.fussballportal.de/index.php?kat=44&spieler_id=1524 German Bundesliga stats] - Fussballportal
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=26933 Career stats] - National Football Teams