Franz Binder

Infobox Football biography
playername = Franz Binder


fullname = Franz Binder
nickname = "Bimbo"
height = Height|m=1.90
dateofbirth = birth date|1911|12|1
cityofbirth = St. Pölten
countryofbirth = Austria
dateofdeath = Death date and age|1989|4|24|1911|12|1
cityofdeath = Vienna
countryofdeath = Austria
currentclub = deceased
clubnumber =
position = striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1930–1949
clubs = Rapid Wien
caps(goals) = 242 (267)
nationalyears = 1933–1947 1939–1941
nationalteam = Austria Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 019 0(16) 009 0(10)
manageryears = 1949–1951 1952–1954 1954–1955 1960–1962 1962–1966 1969–1970 1975–1976
managerclubs = Rapid Wien SSV Jahn Regensburg 1. FC Nuremberg PSV Eindhoven Rapid Wien 1860 München Rapid Wien SW Bregenz FC Kufstein

Franz Binder (* 1 December 1911 - † 24 April 1989) was an Austrian football (soccer) player and coach.

Club career

Nicknamed "Bimbo", Binder was a prolific goalscorer who played for SK Rapid Wien. He won the national Austrian championship four times and was three times top goalscorer in Austrian league. In 1941 he also won the German championship with a 4–3 victory against Schalke 04, when he scored three goals. In his whole career he would had scored 1006 goals in 756 matches. With an average-score of 1.33 goals per match, it would be a world record so Binder would have been one of few players, scoring more than 1000 goals in his career beside Gerd Müller, Arthur Friedenreich, Romario and Pelé, being Pelé the one the only from these group recognized by FIFA and many statistics institutions with all his goals tracked and the highest totals achieved by a professional footballer.

International career

Internationally he represented the Austria national football team (19 caps, 16 goals), and the Germany national football team (9 caps, 10 goals) during the Anschluss. [cite web | url = http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/binder-intlg.html | title = Franz Binder - International Goals | publisher = RSSSF | accessdate = 2008-06-21]

Managerial career

After retirement from playing he became a football coach, of teams such as SSV Jahn Regensburg, PSV Eindhoven, 1. FC Nuremberg, 1860 München and Rapid Wien.

Player honours

*"Austrian Football Bundesliga (4):"
** 1935, 1938, 1946, 1948
*"Great Germany Gauliga (2):"
** 1940, 1941
*"Wiener Cup (1):"
** 1946
*"German Cup (1):"
** 1938
*"Austrian Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (3):"
** 1933, 1937, 1938 [cite web | url = http://www.oberliga-a.at/fussball_a/torschutzen_a.htm | title = Österreichs Torschützenkönige | publisher = www.oberliga-a.at | accessdate = 2008-06-21]
*"Gauliga Top Goalscorer (3):"
** 1939, 1940, 1941

External links

* [http://rapidarchiv.at/spieler/binder_franz.html Player profile and stats] - Rapidarchiv
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=17768 Career stats] - National Football Teams
* [http://wwww.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/franz-binder/ Career stats] - Weltfussball

References