Herbert Prohaska

Herbert Prohaska
Herbert Prohaska (2014)
Personnel
birthday	8th August 1955 (age 65)
place of birth	Vienna ,  Austria
size	182 cm
position	midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1970-1972	Eastern Railway XI	? 0(?)
1972-1980	FK Austria Vienna	259 (62)
1980-1982	Inter Milan	56 0(8)
1982-1983	AS Roma	26 0(3)
1983-1989	FK Austria Vienna	194 (35)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1974-1989	Austria	84 (12)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1990-1992	FK Austria Vienna
1992-1993	Austria U21
1993-1999	Austria
1999-2000	FK Austria Vienna
1 Only league games are given.

Prohaska as TV expert at the international match Austria - Greece (2013)

Herbert Prohaska (born August 8, 1955 in Vienna ), called "Schneckerl" ( Viennese for his lush hair in his youth), is a former Austrian football player who was also internationally successful . After his active career, he worked as a coach for 10 years . He is currently analyzing football matches on ORF and writing columns for the Kronen Zeitung . He was elected Austria's soccer player of the 20th century in 2004, is part of the Austrian national team of the 20th century and part of the Austria team of the century . From 1993 to 1999 he was team leader of the Austrian national team, which he led to participation in the final round of the 1998 World Cup .

Career

Player career

At the age of 9, Prohaska began playing football in the club at Vorwärts XI, where his father, an unskilled worker, was a youth coach. Before that, he played with older children in the neighborhood. Prohaska started his active career as a football player in men's football in 1970 with the lower class SC Ostbahn XI , with which he was able to record a championship title in his club membership, which lasted only until 1972. After being accepted into the professional squad of FK Austria Wien (premier match in the top division already in the first round in the 2-2 home game against SSW Innsbruck on August 11, 1972 on the Sportklubplatz in Dornbach, when he was in the 29. Minute for Klaus Kelmer ) he was with the team four times Austrian champion and three times Austrian cup winner until 1980 . In 1980 he moved to Inter Milan , won the Italian Cup in the second year with the “Nerazzuri” (German black and blue ) and then transferred to AS Roma . There he won the Italian championship in the first season and Prohaska then returned to Austria Vienna. In the following three years the Viennese won the championship and in 1986 the cup. 1989 Prohaska announced his retirement as a player.

Prohaska also celebrated successes with the national team . On October 30, 1977 he shot Austria to the 1978 World Cup in Argentina with his “Spitz von İzmir ” to win 1-0 . There followed the legendary miracle of Córdoba with the 3-2 victory over Germany . He also took part in the 1982 World Cup in Spain with Austria and played in the Gijón non-aggression pact . In addition, the experienced player was used in the young team that competed in the 1990 World Cup qualification.

Coach and television career

Shortly after retiring as a player, Prohaska was already working as a coach at Austria Vienna. By 1992 he had two championship titles and two cup victories with Austria. In 1993 he became the coach of the Austrian national soccer team and in 1997 qualified as group winner for the 1998 World Cup in France . On March 27, 1999 Austria suffered a 9-0 debacle against Spain in Valencia in qualifying for the European Championship and Prohaska resigned from his position ( Otto Baric was his successor ). Despite the 0: 9, the Austrian national team reached 17th place in May 1999, the best place in the FIFA world rankings to date. From 1999 to 2000 he was again the coach of Vienna Austria.

Herbert Prohaska has been analyzing football matches on Austrian radio for several years . His goodbye after every main evening game (“Good night!”) Is one of his characteristics. After the victory of his favorite Italy in the final of the 2006 World Cup , Prohaska had his mustache , which until then had been one of his personal characteristics, shaved off in front of the cameras .

Private life

Prohaska comes from a “simple” background, his father worked as an unskilled worker, his mother was an operator. He grew up in Vienna- Simmering and reported about it in the ORF documentary “ Mein Simmering ”. Prohaska is a trained auto mechanic . He is married, has two grown daughters and lives in Klosterneuburg near Vienna.

Personal honors

In the Krone footballer election, Prohaska was voted footballer of the year in 1975 and 1985 , and coach of the year in 1997. He won the APA footballer election three times (1984, 1985 and 1988).

In 1997 Prohaska received the Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria from the Austrian Federal President and in 2005 the Gold Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria. In addition, Governors Erwin Pröll and Michael Häupl awarded him the Gold Medal of Honor for Services to the State of Lower Austria in 2005 and the Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the State of Vienna in 2008 . In 2015 he received the Great Decoration of Honor for Services to the State of Lower Austria .

The 314th Vienna Derby was considered Prohaska's "birthday game" for his 60th birthday.

successes

As a player:

• 7 × Austrian champion with FK Austria Wien : 1976 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1984 , 1985 , 1986
• 4 × Austrian Cup winners with FK Austria Wien: 1974 , 1977 , 1980 , 1986
• 1 × Italian champion with AS Roma : 1983
• 1 × Italian cup winner with Inter Milan : 1982
• World Cup participation: 1978 (2nd group stage), 1982 (2nd group stage)
• Austria's player of the century
• Austria Wien Player of the Century

As a trainer:

• 2 × Austrian champion with FK Austria Wien: 1991 , 1992
• 2 × Austrian Cup winners with FK Austria Wien: 1990 , 1992
• World Cup participation: 1998 (group stage)

ÖFB international matches under team boss Herbert Prohaska

Legend

• H = home game
• A = away game
• * = Play on a neutral place
• green background color = victory of Austria
• yellow background color = tie
• red background color = defeat

Games	Victories	draw	Defeats	Gates	TD
51	25th	9	17th	96:73	+23

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	comment
543	03/10/1993	2: 1	Greece	H	Vienna		First international game under Herbert Prohaska
544	03/27/1993	0: 1	France	H	Vienna	1994 World Cup qualification
545	04/14/1993	3: 1	Bulgaria	H	Vienna	1994 World Cup qualification
546	05/13/1993	1: 3	Finland	A.	Turku ( FIN )	1994 World Cup qualification
547	05/19/1993	0: 1	Sweden	A.	Stockholm ( SWE )	1994 World Cup qualification
548	08/25/1993	3-0	Finland	H	Vienna	1994 World Cup qualification
549	10/13/1993	1: 4	Bulgaria	A.	Sofia ( BUL )	1994 World Cup qualification
550	10/27/1993	1: 1	Israel	A.	Tel Aviv ( ISR )	1994 World Cup qualification
551	11/10/1993	1: 1	Sweden	H	Vienna	1994 World Cup qualification	Austria does not qualify for the final round as fourth in the group
552	03/23/1994	1: 1	Hungary	H	Linz
553	04/20/1994	1: 2	Scotland	H	Vienna
554	05/17/1994	4: 3	Poland	A.	Katowice ( POL )
555	06/02/1994	1: 5	Germany	H	Vienna
556	08/17/1994	0: 3	Russia	H	Klagenfurt		First international game against Russia, first game in Klagenfurt, only game in the old Wörtherseestadion
557	09/07/1994	4-0	Liechtenstein	A.	Ash trees ( LIE )	European Championship 1996 qualification	First official international match against Liechtenstein
558	10/12/1994	1: 2	Northern Ireland	H	Vienna	European Championship 1996 qualification
559	11/13/1994	0: 1	Portugal	A.	Lisbon ( POR )	European Championship 1996 qualification
560	03/29/1995	5-0	Latvia	H	Salzburg	European Championship 1996 qualification
561	04/26/1995	7-0	Liechtenstein	H	Salzburg	European Championship 1996 qualification
562	06/11/1995	3: 1	Ireland	A.	Dublin ( IRL )	European Championship 1996 qualification
563	08/16/1995	2: 3	Latvia	A.	Riga ( LAT )	European Championship 1996 qualification
564	09/06/1995	3: 1	Ireland	H	Vienna	European Championship 1996 qualification
565	10/11/1995	1: 1	Portugal	H	Vienna	European Championship 1996 qualification
566	11/15/1995	3: 5	Northern Ireland	A.	Belfast ( NIR )	European Championship 1996 qualification	Austria again missed the leap to the European Championship tournament
567	03/27/1996	1-0	Switzerland	H	Vienna
568	04/24/1996	2-0	Hungary	A.	Budapest ( HUN )
569	05/29/1996	1-0	Czech Republic	H	Salzburg		First international match against the Czech Republic, last international match in the Lehen stadium
570	08/31/1996	0-0	Scotland	H	Vienna	World Cup 1998 qualification
571	10/09/1996	1-0	Sweden	A.	Stockholm ( SWE )	World Cup 1998 qualification
572	11/09/1996	2: 1	Latvia	H	Vienna	World Cup 1998 qualification
573	03/18/1997	0: 2	Slovenia	H	Linz		First international match against Slovenia
574	04/02/1997	0: 2	Scotland	A.	Glasgow ( SCO )	World Cup 1998 qualification
575	04/30/1997	2-0	Estonia	H	Vienna	World Cup 1998 qualification	First international match against Estonia
576	06/08/1997	3: 1	Latvia	A.	Riga ( LAT )	World Cup 1998 qualification
577	08/20/1997	3-0	Estonia	A.	Tallinn ( EST )	World Cup 1998 qualification
578	09/06/1997	1-0	Sweden	H	Vienna	World Cup 1998 qualification
579	09/10/1997	1-0	Belarus	A.	Minsk ( BLR )	World Cup 1998 qualification	First international match against Belarus
580	10/11/1997	4-0	Belarus	H	Vienna	World Cup 1998 qualification	Austria qualifies as group winners for the eighth time for a World Cup
581	03/25/1998	2: 3	Hungary	H	Vienna
582	04/22/1998	0: 3	United States	H	Vienna
583	05/27/1998	2: 1	Tunisia	H	Vienna		First official international match against Tunisia 250th international win
584	06/02/1998	6-0	Liechtenstein	H	Vienna
585	06/11/1998	1: 1	Cameroon	*	Toulouse ( FRA )	1998 World Cup preliminary round	First international match against Cameroon
586	06/17/1998	1: 1	Chile	*	Saint-Etienne ( FRA )	1998 World Cup preliminary round
587	06/23/1998	1: 2	Italy	*	Saint-Denis ( FRA )	1998 World Cup preliminary round	Austria is eliminated as a third party
588	08/19/1998	2: 2	France	H	Vienna
589	09/05/1998	1: 1	Israel	H	Vienna	EM 2000 qualification
590	10/10/1998	3-0	Cyprus	A.	Larnaca ( CYP )	EM 2000 qualification
591	10/14/1998	4: 1	San Marino	A.	Serravalle ( SMR )	EM 2000 qualification	First international match against San Marino
592	03/10/1999	4: 2	Switzerland	A.	St. Gallen ( SUI )		50th international match under Herbert Prohaska
593	03/27/1999	0: 9	Spain	A.	Valencia ( ESP )	EM 2000 qualification	Last international game under Herbert Prohaska. Biggest away defeat

See also

• Austria at the Football World Cup 1978 in Argentina
• Austria at the Soccer World Cup 1982 in Spain

Web links

Commons : Herbert Prohaska  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Herbert Prohaska in the catalog of the German National Library
• Herbert Prohaska (player) in the Austria archive
• Herbert Prohaska (trainer) in the Austria archive
• Herbert Prohaska in the database of weltfussball.de
• World Cup Stars 1978

Individual evidence

1. ^ «Prohaska: 200 BL games» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna August 29, 1978, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
2. ↑ "Mein Simmering", accessed on February 15, 2016
3. ^ "Great Decoration of Honor of the State of Lower Austria" for Herbert Prohaska Lower Austrian Press Service from November 19, 2015, accessed on November 21, 2015.