Franz "Bimbo" Binder (1 December 1911 – 24 April 1989) was an Austrian football player and coach who played as a forward. Internationally he represented the

Austria national football team The Austria national football team (german: Österreichische Fußballnationalmannschaft) represents Austria in men's international football competition and it is controlled by the Austrian Football Association (German: Österreichischer Fußbal ...

and the

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during the

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. He is the all time leading scorer of Rapid Vienna with 1006 goals in 757 games and regarded as one of the greatest Austrian players of all times. In his whole career he would score 1202 goals in 831 matches. With an average-score of 1.44 goals per match, he is among the most prolific scorers in football history. Binder is one of only a few players to score more than 1200 goals in his professional career alongside

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, Gerd Müller, Ferenc Puskás, Ferenc Deák, Erwin Helmchen and Pelé.

Club career

Binder came from a family of labourers. He had nine siblings. When he was 15 years old he played football for the first team of Sturm 19 St. Pölten. Nicknamed ''Bimbo'', Binder was a prolific goalscorer who played for

SK Rapid Wien Sportklub Rapid Wien (), commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the first title in the season 1911–12, ...

. He won the national Austrian championship four times and was three times top goalscorer in the Austrian league. In 1941 he also won the German championship with a 4–3 victory against

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine ...

, where he scored three goals. From 1930 to 1937, Binder scored more than 700 goals for

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, including the reserves; *1930 - First team - 3 goals in 2 games. Reserve team - 14 goals in 9 games. Total - 17 games 11 goals. *1931 - First team - 19 goals in 14 games. Reserve team 54 goals in 23 games. Total - 73 goals 37 games. *1932 - First team - 62 goals in 48 games. Reserve team - 41 goals in 12 games. Total - 103 goals in 60 games. *1933 - First team - 104 goals in 68 games. *1934 - First team - 93 goals in 56 games. *1935 First team - 95 goals in 58 games. *1936 - First team - 93 goals in 61 games. *1937 - First team - 122 goals in 72 games. *Total Reserve - 109 goals in 44 games. *Total First team - 591 goals in 378 games. *Total

, 1930-1937 - 700 goals in 422 games with a ratio of 1.65 goals per game.

Career statistics

International career

Binder was a very prolific goal scorer for both club and country, scoring 16 goals in 19 international matches for

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

, and later 10 goals in just 9 matches for

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. He made his international debut on 11 June 1933 in a friendly against

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, scoring twice in a 4-1 win. In 1934, he scored a goal against both

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and

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

, the

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champions and runner-ups respectively. In January 1936, he scored a goal against both Iberian teams,

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and

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, in 5-4 and 3-2 wins respectively. In 1937, he scored winners against

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and Latvia (both 2-1 victories), with the latter being the most important as it assured Austria a ticket to the

1938 World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, bea ...

. His debut with Germany was remarkably similar to Austria's, as he scored against Belgium in a 4-1 win again. He then scored two back-to-back hat-tricks against

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and the then World Champions Italy, with the former salvaging his side a 4-4 draw while the latter helped to a 5-2 win. In the following year he scored two more goals against Italy in a 3-2 win at the

San Siro Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, commonly known as San Siro, is a football stadium in the San Siro district of Milan, Italy, which is the home of A.C. Milan and Inter Milan. It has a seating capacity of 80,018, making it one of the largest stadiums i ...

, which were the last he scored for Germany. After an 8-year hiatus, he returned to an Austria line-up in 1945, and despite being in his late 30s he still managed to score a further 5 goals for Austria before retiring from international football.

International goals

Goals for Austria

:''Austria score listed first, score column indicates score after each Austria goal.''

Goals for Germany

:''Germany score listed first, score column indicates score after each Binder goal.''

Managerial career

After retirement from playing he became a football coach, of teams such as SSV Jahn Regensburg,

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, w ...

, 1. FC Nürnberg,

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and Rapid Wien.

Player honours

Club

Rapid Wien * Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1934–35, 1937–38, 1945–46, 1947–48 * Great Germany Gauliga: 1940, 1941 * Wiener Cup: 1945–46 *

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: 1938

Individual

*Austrian Bundesliga top goalscorer: 1933, 1937, 1938 *Gauliga Top Goalscorer: 1939, 1940, 1941

References

External links

Franz Binder
at Rapidarchiv * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Binder, Franz 1911 births 1989 deaths People from Sankt Pölten Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers German men's footballers Germany men's international footballers Dual men's international footballers SK Rapid Wien players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Austrian football managers SK Rapid Wien managers TSV 1860 Munich managers 1. FC Nürnberg managers Bundesliga managers Men's association football forwards Austrian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in West Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Footballers from Lower Austria