Johann Buzek

Hans Buzek

Personal information
Full name	Johann Buzek
Date of birth	(1938-05-22) 22 May 1938
Place of birth	Vienna, Nazi Germany
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1950–1953	First Vienna FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1953–1963	First Vienna FC	163	(138)
1963–1967	FK Austria Wien	102	(52)
1967–1969	Wiener Sportclub	41	(18)
1969–1970	FC Dornbirn	27	(4)
1970–1972	SK Rapid Wien	49	(12)
1972–1973	Austria Klagenfurt	23	(3)
Total		405	(227)
International career
1955–1969	Austria	42	(9)
Managerial career
1973-1977	Badener AC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Austria national football team in 1958 with the following players – from left to right, standing; Walter Horak, Ernst Happel, Karl Koller, Alfred Körner, Paul Halla, Walter Schleger; crouched: Helmut Senekowitsch, Gerhard Hanappi, Rudolf Szanwald, Franz Swoboda and Johann Buzek.

Johann Buzek (born 22 May 1938 in Wien) is a former Austrian football forward. He played for different clubs in Austria and the Austrian national football team.

Club career

He is a goldsmith by profession. Buzek started his career in the youth ranks of Vienna. He stayed with them for 13 years. He also played for the other big capital teams Austria Wien, Wiener Sport-Club and Rapid Wien. In 1969/1970 he got relegated with Dornbirn. 1956 (with Vienna) and 1956 and 1966 ( with Austria Wien) he became top scorer of the league. After finishing his playing career with Austria Klagenfurt he became a full-time goldsmith in Baden bei Wien.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in an October 1955 match against Yugoslavia and earned a total of 42 caps, scoring 9 goals. At his debut he was 17 years und 161 days old and was the youngest team player till then. He was a participant at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

International statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	1955	1	0
	1956	2	0
	1957	7	4
	1958	7	2
	1960	4	0
	1961	5	0
	1962	3	2
	1963	2	0
	1965	6	1
	1966	3	0
	1969	2	0
Total		42	9

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

List of international goals scored by Franz Viehböck

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 March 1957	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Germany	2-3	2-3	Friendly match
2	14 April 1957	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Switzerland	1-0	4-0	Gerö-Cup
3				2–0
4	26 May 1957	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Netherlands	2-2	3-2	1958 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	23 March 1958	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Italy	3-2	3-2	Gerö-Cup
6	14 May 1958	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Republic of Ireland	2-0	3-1	Friendly match
7	4 April 1962	Wembley Stadium, London, England	England	1-3	1-3	Friendly match
8	8 April 1962	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland	Republic of Ireland	1-0	3-2	Friendly match
9	9 October 1965	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, Germany	Germany	1-0	1-4	Friendly match

Manager career

He was the coach of Badener AC from 1973 to 1977.

Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (1):
  • 1955
• Austrian Cup (2):
  • 1967, 1972
• Austrian Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (2):
  • 1956, 1966

Other websites

• (in German) Player profile - Austria Wien archive
• (in German) Player profile Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine - Rapid Wien archive
• Johann Buzek at National-Football-Teams.com