Johann Dihanich (born 24 October 1958, in Eisenstadt) is a retired

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 player.

Club career

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, ...

fan by origin, ''Hansi'' Dihanich started his professional career at city rivals Austria Wien and played 8 seasons for them, split in two periods by a season at SS Wacker Innsbruck. In 1987, he joined

Grazer AK Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletiksport Klub (in Austria the abbreviation GAK is more common), is an Austrian sports club, from the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria (''Steiermark''). The football section used to be on ...

, before moving to

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VÖEST Linz FC Linz was an Austrian football club, based in Linz, Upper Austria. History SK VÖEST Linz It was founded on 30 June 1946 as ''SV Eisen und Stahl 1946 Linz'', a factory squad of the public ''VÖEST'' steel company (present-day Voestalpine). In ...

and finishing his career at FavAC.

International career

He made his debut for

in October 1980 against

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and earned 10 caps in total. He was a member of Austria's squad at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, but did not play in any of their games. After his playing career, he became an assistant-coach at Austria and GAK and head coach at some lower league sides.

Honours

* Austrian Football Bundesliga (5): ** 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986 * Austrian Cup (3): ** 1980, 1982, 1986

External links

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Player profile
- Austria Wien archive * 1958 births Living people People from Eisenstadt Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers 1982 FIFA World Cup players FK Austria Wien players Grazer AK players FC Wacker Innsbruck players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Austrian football managers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Burgenland Favoritner AC players Association football coaches FK Austria Wien non-playing staff {{austria-footy-midfielder-stub