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Erich Hof

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Erich Hof
Personal information
Date of birth (1936-08-03)3 August 1936
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Date of death 25 January 1995(1995-01-25) (aged 58)
Place of death Vienna, Austria
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1952 SCR Hochstädt
1952–1964 Wiener Sport-Club 209 (177)
1964–1965 FK Austria Wien 5 (1)
1964–1969 Wiener Sport-Club 93 (44)
International career
1957–1968 Austria 37 (28)
Managerial career
1969–1970 Wiener Sport-Club
1971 Austria Salzburg
1974–1979 Wiener Sport-Club
1980–1982 FK Austria Wien
1982–1984 Austria
1985–1986 Wiener Sport-Club
1987 Diagoras F.C.
1989–1990 FK Austria Wien
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Erich Hof (3 August 1936 – 25 January 1995) was an Austrian footballer and coach. played as a forward mostly for Wiener Sport-Club.

He was born in the Brigittenau district of Vienna. Hof began playing football as a striker with SCR Hochstädt. In 1952 he went to Wiener Sport-Club. There he played until 1969. Only 1964/65 he played for FK Austria Wien. In 1959 and 1961 he was top scorer of the Austrian league with 32 and 21 goals. [1] Hof was a leading Austrian footballer in the 1960s and was known as "The Professor of Football" (Der Professor des Fußballs).[2]

Hof made 37 appearances and scored 28 goals for the Austria national football team from 1957 to 1968. He made his debut in a friendly match against West Germany on 10 March 1957.[3]

International statistics

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Austria 195710
195831
195956
196077
196152
196242
196340
196410
196521
196722
196837
Total3728
Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hof goal.
List of international goals scored by Erich Hof
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
115 October 1958Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria France1-01-2Friendly match
220 May 1959Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway Norway1-01-0UEFA Euro 1960
314 June 1959Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria Belgium2-24-2Friendly match
43-2
523 September 1959Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria Norway1-05-2UEFA Euro 1960
63-1
722 November 1959Mestalla Stadium , Valencia, Spain Spain1-33-6Friendly match
829 May 1960Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria Scotland3-04-1Friendly match
94-0
1022 November 1959Ullevaal Stadion , Oslo, Norway Norway1-21-2Friendly match
114 September 1960Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria Soviet Union1-13-1Friendly match
124-0
1330 October 1960Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria Spain3-03-0Friendly match
1410 December 1960Stadio San Paolo , Naples, Italy Italy1-02-1Friendly match
1527 May 1961Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria England1-03-1Friendly match
168 October 1961Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria Hungary1⁻12-1Friendly match
178 April 1962Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Republic of Ireland3-23-2Friendly match
186 May 1962Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria Bulgaria1-02-0Friendly match
1925 April 1964Praterstadion, Vienna , Austria East Germany1-01-11966 FIFA World Cup qualification
2011 June 1967Leninstadion, Moscow, USSR Soviet Union1-23-4UEFA Euro 1968 qualification
216 September 1967Praterstadion, Vienna , Austria] Hungary1-31-3Friendly match
2219 May 1968Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria Cyprus1-07-11970 FIFA World Cup qualification
233-0
244-1
255-1
267-1
2716 June 1968Kirovstadion, Leningrad, USSR] Soviet Union1-11-3Friendly match
286 September 1967Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland] Republic of Ireland2-02-2Friendly match

Coaching career

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He was coach of Wiener Sport-Club (1969–70, 1974–1979, and 1985–86), Austria Salzburg and FK Austria Wien (1980–1982 and 1989-90). From 1982 to 1984 he was coach of the Austrian national football team. He also managed Diagoras Rhodos in Greece.

Personal life

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Hof died from lung cancer in a Vienna hospital on 25 January 1995.[2] He was the brother of retired footballer Norbert Hof.

References

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  1. ↑ "Eine Legende wäre heute 70 geworden: Am 3. August 1936 kam Erich Hof auf die Welt" [A Legend would be 70 years old today: On 3 August 1936, Erich Hof entered the world] (in German). News.at. 2 August 2006. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Der "Professor" des Fußballs ist tot" [The "Professor" of football is dead]. Kurier (in German). 26 January 1996. p. 22.
  3. ↑ Klukowski, Tomasz (21 April 2011). "Erich Hof - International Goals". RSSSF.
  4. ↑ Transfermarkt.at

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