Hans Pirkner
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Johann Pirkner | ||
| Date of birth | 25 March 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Vienna, Austria | ||
| Date of death | 26 February 2025 (aged 78) | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SC Simmering | |||
| Floridsdorfer AC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1967 | Admira Energie | 4 | (1) |
| 1967–1968 | Austria Klagenfurt | 21 | (2) |
| 1968–1969 | Admira Energie | 15 | (9) |
| 1969–1971 | Schalke 04 | 47 | (8) |
| 1971–1974 | Alpine Donawitz | 52 | (31) |
| 1974–1978 | Austria Wien | 128 | (62) |
| 1978–1980 | First Vienna FC | 49 | (11) |
| Total | 316 | (124) | |
| International career | |||
| 1969–1978 | Austria | 20 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Johann "Hans" Pirkner (25 March 1946 – 26 February 2025) was an Austrian footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Pirkner played for several clubs, including Schalke 04 (1969–1971), Austria Wien (1974–1978) and First Vienna FC. When at Schalke, he was fined for two years due to his involvement in the 1971 Bundesliga scandal. The ban was however lifted by the ÖFB after a year. He ended his professional career after the 1978 World Cup Finals.
International career
[edit | edit source]Pirkner made his debut for Austria in September 1969 against West Germany and was a participant at the 1978 FIFA World Cup,[1] where he was the oldest squad member.[2] He earned 20 caps, scoring four goals.
Death
[edit | edit source]Pirkner died on 26 February 2025, at the age of 78.[3]
Honours
[edit | edit source]Austria Wien
- Austrian Bundesliga: 1975–76, 1977–78
- Austrian Cup: 1976–77
Individual
- Austrian Bundesliga top goalscorer: 1975–76[4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Hans Pirkner – FIFA competition record (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- ^ Die Wiener Austria trauert um eine Klub-Legende (in German)
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Hans Pirkner at Austria Wien archive (in German)
- Hans Pirkner at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Hans Pirkner at Fussballportal (in German)
Categories:
- 1946 births
- 2025 deaths
- Austrian men's footballers
- Footballers from Vienna
- Men's association football forwards
- Austria men's international footballers
- 1978 FIFA World Cup players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Bundesliga players
- Admira Wacker players
- FC Kärnten
- FC Schalke 04 players
- FK Austria Wien players
- DSV Leoben players
- First Vienna FC players
- Austrian expatriate men's footballers
- Austrian expatriate sportspeople in West Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany
- 20th-century Austrian sportsmen
- Austrian football forward stubs