Hans Krankl

Hans Krankl

Personal information
Full name	Johann Krankl
Date of birth	(1953-02-14) 14 February 1953
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	forward (retiered)
Youth career
-1970	KSV Straßenbahn Wien
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1978	Rapid Wien	205	(160)
1971–1972	→ Wiener AC (loan)	26	(27)
1978–1981	Barcelona	46	(34)
1979–1980	→ First Vienna (loan)	17	(13)
1981–1986	Rapid Wien	145	(107)
1986–1988	Wiener Sport-Club	60	(40)
1988	Kremser SC	5	(1)
1989	Austria Salzburg	14	(10)
Total		518	(392)
International career
1973–1985	Austria	69	(34)
Managerial career
1987	Wiener Sport-Club (caretaker)
1987–1988	Wiener Sport-Club
1989–1992	Rapid Wien
1992–1994	Mödling
1994–1995	Tirol Innsbruck
1996	Mödling
1997	SV Gerasdorf
1998–1999	Austria Salzburg
2000	Fortuna Köln
2000–2001	Admira Wacker Mödling
2002–2005	Austria
2009	LASK Linz
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Johann "Hans" Krankl (born 14 February 1953) is an Austrian football player who played for SK Rapid Wien and the Austrian national team. He is regarded as one of the best Austrian footballers in history.

Career

He started his professional career with SK Rapid Wien at the age of 17. But he played not very often so he went to Wiener AC where he shot 27 goals in 26 matches. So he was transferred back to SK Rapid. In the next years he shot in 201 matches for the club 160 goals. In the 1977/78 season he shot 41 goals and got the European Golden Shoe as Europs best scorer. This is still the record in the Austrian League.

In 1978 he was transferred to FC Barcelona where he shot in his first season 29 goals and won the Pichichi, the trophy for the best Spain scorer. With FC Barcelona he won also the UEFA Cup Winners Cup in 1979.

1981 he went back to Rapid where he shot another 107 goals for the club. The last years of his career he played with Wiener Sportklub, Kremser SC and SV Austria Salzburg.In his career he played 478 matches and scored 355 goals.

International

Krankl played 69 matches for the national team and scored 34 goals. He was member of the team for the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cup. In 1978 he became a legend in Austria for scoring two goals against Germany - the first victory after 47 years. The radio commentary ("Tor Tor Tor Tor Tor Tor, I werd' narrisch" – "Goal goal goal goal goal goal, I'm going crazy") is known by almost all Austrian football supporters.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	1973	4	0
	1974	5	2
	1975	6	4
	1976	8	6
	1977	6	7
	1978	13	6
	1979	5	3
	1980	5	1
	1981	6	2
	1982	7	2
	1983	3	0
	1985	1	0
Total		69	34

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

List of international goals scored by Hans Krankl

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	27 March 1974	Feyenoord Stadion, Rotterdam , Netherlands	Netherlands	1-0	1-1	Friendly match
2	4 September 1974	Praterstadion, Vienna , Austria	Wales	2-1	2-1	UEFA Euro Qualification
3	28 September 1974	Praterstadion, Vienna , Austria	Hungary	1-0	1-0	Friendly match
4	16 March 1975	Stade Municipal , Luxembourg , Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2-1	2-1	UEFA Euro Qualification
5	24 September 1975	Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	1-1	1-2	UEFA Euro Qualification
6	15 October 1975	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Luxembourg	2–2	6–2	UEFA Euro Qualification
7				5-2
8	22 September 1976	Linzer Stadion, Linz, Austria	Switzerland	1-0	3-1	Friendly match
9	13 October 1976	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Hungary	1–2	2-4	Friendly match
10				2-2
11	10 November 1976	Nationalstadion, Kavala, Greece	Switzerland	2-0	3-0	Friendly match
12	5 December 1976	Empire Stadium, Gzira, Malta	Malta	1-0	1-0	FIFA World Cup 1978 qualification
13	15 December 1976	National Stadion, Ramat Gan, Israel	Israel	3-1	3-1	Friendly match
14	30 April 1977	Lehener Stadion, Salzburg, Austria	Malta	1–0	9-0	FIFA World Cup 1978 qualification
15				2-0
16				3-0
17				4-0
18				6-0
19				8-0
20	24 August 1977	Praterstadion, Vienna , Austria	Poland	2-0	2-1	Friendly match
21	15 February 1978	Nea Filadelfia Stadion, Athens, Greece	Greece	1-1	1-1	Friendly match
22	3 June 1978	Velez Sarsfield Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Spain	2-1	2-1	FIFA World Cup 1978
23	7 June 1978	Velez Sarsfield Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Sweden	1-0	1-0	FIFA World Cup 1978
24	21 June 1978	Estadio Chateau Carreras, Córdoba, Argentina	Germany	2-1	3-2	FIFA World Cup 1978
25				3-2
26	30 August 1978	Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway	Norway	2-0	2-0	UEFA Euro 1980 qualification
27	28 March 1979	Astridpark, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	1-1	1-1	UEFA Euro 1980 qualification
28	29 August 1979	Praterstadion, Vienna , Austria	Norway	4-0	4-0	UEFA Euro 1980 qualification
29	17 October 1979	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland	1-0	1-1	UEFA Euro 1980 qualification
30	15 November 1980	Praterstadion, Vienna , Austria	Albania	5-0	5-0	FIFA World Cup 1982 qualification
31	28 May 1981	Praterstadion, Vienna , Austria	Bulgaria	1-0	2-0	FIFA World Cup 1982 qualification
33	17 June 1981	Linzer Stadion, Linz, Austria	Finland	3-0	5-1	FIFA World Cup 1982 qualification
34	24 March 1982	Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	1-0	3-2	Freiendly match

Manager career

Although he coached different teams he was not as successful as a player. With his teams he never reached a European competition. As manager of the national team failed to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Honours

Rapid Wien

• Austrian Bundesliga:1982, 1983
• Austrian Cup:1976, 1983, 1984, 1985

Barcelona

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:1979
• Copa del Rey:1981

Individual honours

• Runner up European footballer of the year 1978
• Austrian Footballer of the year 1973, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1988
• Part of the 20th century Austrian team
• Part of Rapids team of the century
• Pichichi Trophy: 1979
• European Golden Shoe: 1978
• Austrian coach of the Year: 1999

Musical career

After his football career he began to sing and had some hits in Austria.

Discography

Singles

• "Ohne Ball'n und ohne Netz" (1974)
• "Vor, vor noch ein Tor …" (1974)

Under the name Johann K.

• "Rostige Flügel" (1984, mit Kottans Kapelle)
• "Lonely Boy" (1985)
• "Ka Platz im Herz" (1986)
• "Aspirin" (1986)
• "Der Bätmän bin i" (1989)
• "Rudi" (2002)
• "Jingle Bells" (2003)

Albums

Under the name Johann K.

• Des war schon alles? (1985)
• A scheena Bua (2003)
• Best of – Wo san nur die Zeiten hin (2008)