Johann "Hans" Erik Pesser (7 November 1911 – 12 August 1986) was an

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 ...

n football striker and coach.

Career

He earned 8 caps and scored 3 goals for 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 ...

. After the annexation of Austria by Germany, he earned 12 caps and scored 2 goals for the

Germany national football team The Germany national football team (german: link=no, Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft) represents Germany in men's international football and played its first match in 1908. The team is governed by the German Football Association (''Deuts ...

, and participated in the

1938 FIFA 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 ...

. He spent his club career at

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, ...

, and later also managed the team, and also briefly managed the Austria national team. As coach he reached 7 titles in the Austrian championship and three Austrian Cups.

Honours

as player

*''Rapid Wien''(4 x Austrian Champion 1935, 1938, 1940, 1941;German Cup 1938;German Champion 1941)

as coach

*''Rapid Wien''(1945-52: 4 x Austrian Champion, 1 x Austrian Cup, 1x Zentropacup) *''Wiener Sportklub'' (1953–1960: 2 x Austrian Champion) *''Admira'' (1 x Austrian Champion, 2 x Austrian Cup)

References

1911 births 1986 deaths Footballers from Vienna Association football forwards Austrian footballers Austria international footballers German footballers Germany international footballers SK Rapid Wien players 1938 FIFA World Cup players Dual internationalists (football) Austrian football managers SK Rapid Wien managers Austria national football team managers Wiener Sport-Club managers {{austria-footy-forward-stub