Ernst Melchior

Ernst Melchior

Personal information
Full name	Ernst Melchior
Date of birth	(1920-06-26)26 June 1920
Place of birth	Villach, Austria
Date of death	5 August 1978(1978-08-05) (aged 58)
Place of death	Rouen, France
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1940–1946	Villacher SV
1946–1953	Austria Wien	158	(120)
1954–1958	Rouen	158	(70)
1958–1959	Nantes	35	(16)
International career
1946–1953	Austria	36	(16)
Managerial career
1963–1964	Beşiktaş
1967	Fortuna Düsseldorf
1968–1969	Club Africain
1969–1972	Luxembourg
1972–1975	Rouen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernst Melchior (26 June 1920 – 5 August 1978) was an Austrian former professional footballer . He played as striker in Austria and France. He also played for the Austrian national football team.

Club career

Melchior was born in Villach and startes his career with Villacher SV. In August 1946 he came to the FK Austria Wien. He played seven years for the club. Then he went to France. There he played for FC Rouen and FC Nantes.

International career

Melchior made his debut for Austria in an April 1946 friendly match against Hungary. He was in the team for the 1948 Summer Olympics. His last match was on 29 November 1953 in a away match versus Portugal. He earned 36 caps and scored 16 goals.

International statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	1946	5	1
	1947	3	0
	1948	7	3
	1949	3	1
	1950	6	7
	1951	6	4
	1952	5	0
	1953	1	0
Total		36	16

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Melchior goal.

List of international goals scored by Ernst Melchior

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 April 1946	Prater Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Hungary	2-2	3-2	Friendly match
2	18 April 1948	Prater Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Switzerland	2-0	3-1	Friendly match
3	2 May 1948	Prater Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Hungary	1-1	3-2	Svehla-Cup
4	3 October 1948	Ujpest-Stadion, Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	1-2	1-2	Friendly match
5	8 May 1949	Megyeri úti Stadion, Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	1-4	1-6	Svehla-Cup
6	2 April 1950	Prater Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Italy	1-0	1-0	Svehla-Cup
7	14 May 1950	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Hungary	5-3	5-3	Friendly match
8	8 October 1950	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Yugoslavia	5-1	7-2	Friendly match
9				7-2
10	29 October 1950	Megyeri úti Stadion, Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	3-3	3-4	Friendly match
11	5 November 1950	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Denmark	1-0	5-1	Friendly match
12	13 December 1950	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland	1-0	1-0	Friendly match
13	17 June 1951	Idraetsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark	Denmark	1-0	3-3	Friendly match
14	14 October 1951	Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	4-1	8-1	Friendly match
15				7-1
16	28 November 1951	Wembley Stadium, London , England	England	2-2	3-2	Friendly match

Coaching career

Melchior was manager of Beşiktaş J.K. (Turkey), Fortuna Düsseldorf (Germany), Club Africain (Tunisia) and Rouen (France). He was also manager of the Luxembourg national football team.

Further informations

Melchior confessed to breaking into an apartment during the November 1938 pogroms against Jews (as an 18-year-old) during court proceedings. Melchior died after a long illness in Rouen. In his honour a small street in Vienna was named after him.

Honours

• 3 × Austrian champion: 1949, 1950, 1953
• 2 × Austrian Cup: 1948, 1949

Other websites

• Profile Archived 2017-08-26 at the Wayback Machine - Austria Archive
• Ernst Melchior at National-Football-Teams.com