Friedrich Kominek

Friedrich Kominek (born 17 January 1927 in Vienna – died 25 October 2002) was an Austrian football player and manager. In Austria he played mainly for FK Austria Wien. He also played for the Austrian national football team.

Career

Due to the war Kominek already played for Austria in the championship in 1942–43. He made his debut for the Austrian national team against Hungary on August 20, 1945, scoring a goal. His greatest successes were three Austrian championships in 1949, 1950 and 1953 as well as two wins in the ÖFB Cup in 1948 and 1949 .

In the successful time with Austria, Fritz Kominek made two more appearances in the national team in 1949 and three more international matches in 1953. Then the ÖFB allowed him to transfer to Nîmes Olympique in Division 1 before he was 30 at the beginning of 1955. After two and a half years in Nîmes Fritz Kominek went to RC Strasbourg from Division 2. The winger contributed twelve goals to the promotion. After another year in Division 1, he moved in 1959 to RC Lens. In November 1960 he came to Olympique Marseille in Division 2. Then he went back to Austria and played for Schwechater SC and First Vienna FC Then another international transfer followed in 1963. Fritz Kominek played for FC Grenchen in Nationalliga A. Having already worked as player-coach this season, he coached FC Grenchen together with Erwin Ballabio until 1967. Fritz Kominek came to GAK via the station 1. Wiener Neustädter SC, where he surprisingly made it into the final of the ÖFB Cup in 1968. From 1970 to 1972 he worked as a coach at FC Fribourg.

Other websites

• Austria Wien Archiv Profile