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Josef Uridil

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Josef Uridil
Personal information
Date of birth (1895-12-24)24 December 1895
Place of birth Ottakring, Austria
Date of death 20 May 1962(1962-05-20) (aged 66)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Sportklub Orion
Tasmania
Rekord
Blue Star
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1910–1912 Romania Ottakring
1912–1914 Blue Star
1914–1925 Rapid Wien
1925–1926 First Vienna
1926–1927 Rapid Wien
1929–1930 Bari
International career
1919–1926 Austria 8 (8)
Managerial career
1929–1930 Bari
1931–1933 ZFC Zaandam[1][2]
1933–1934 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam[3][4]
1934 Ripensia Timișoara
1934 Romania
1934–1935 SPC Helfort
1935–1936 BSK Belgrade
1936–1937 FC Biel
1936–1937 FC Luzern
1938–1941 Schwarz-Weiß Essen
1941–1943 VfL Altenbögge
1949–1951 Schwarz-Weiß Essen
1953–1954 Rapid Wien
1954–1957 Jahn Regensburg
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Josef Uridil (nicknamed Pepi, der Tank) (24 December 1895 – 20 May 1962), was an Austrian footballer and coach.

Pepi Uridil was born on Christmas Eve 1895 in the Vienna district of Ottakring. He began to play football aged eight in the streets of his neighbourhood with his brother Franz. Pepi Uridil played for numerous clubs in his youth, such as Sportklub Orion, Tasmania, Rekord and then Blue Star Vienne, before leaving for the great club of SK Rapid Wien.[5]

During the First World War, he got the nickname "Tank". Pepi Uridil played for a number of seasons with Rapid, and in 1919, his team won in the final 3-0 against Wiener Sport-Club. He was one of the main players in the Championship victory in 1921 against Wiener AC.

International career

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At the end of the First World War he became an Austrian international for the first time. He played for the Austria national football team between 1919 and 1926 and scored eight goals in eight games.[6]

International statistics

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Austria 191921
192144
192213
192610
Total88


Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Uridil goal.
List of international goals scored by Josef Uridil
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
15 October 1919WAC-Platz, Vienna , Austria Hungary2-02-0Friendly match
25 May 1921Fussballringstadion, Dresden , Germany Germany3-33-3Friendly match
37 November 1920Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden Sweden1-03-1Friendly match
419 April 1925Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki, Finland Finland1-13-2Friendly match
53-2
611 June 1922Hohe Warte , Vienna, Austria  Switzerland1-07-1Friendly match
72-1
83-1

Coaching career

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After his retirement from football, Pepi Uridil became a manager of Bratislava club. He then moved to Ripensia Timişoara and the Romania national football team for the 1934 World Cup in Italy. His team were beaten in the first round by eventual finalists, Czechoslovakia.

He later coached Austrian side SC Helfort, then Beogradski SK in Yugoslavia in 1935. He then moved to Switzerland to coach FC Biel from 1936 to 1937, and FC Lucerne until 1938.[8] He then trained German side Schwarz-Weiß Essen between 1938 and 1941, and VfL Altenbögge between 1941 and 1943.

After the Second World War, he returned to coaching Schwarz-Weiß Essen from 1949 to 1951. He went on to train his former club, Rapid Vienna, for one season from 1953 to 1954. In this year they beat the London club Arsenal 6-1 on 25 May 1953.

Personal life

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Uridil was also a businessman. He created his own brand of beer, Uridil, and a brand of sugar, Kracheln. The famous Viennese writer Hermann Leopoldi wrote a musical piece named Heute spielt der Uridil ("Today, Uridil is playing") in 1922. Pepi Uridil played a number of film roles, such as Pflicht und Ehre ("Necessity and Honour") in 1924.

References

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  1. ↑ "Nieuwe trainer voor Z.F.C." (in Dutch). Het Vaderland. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Z.F.C. verandert van trainer" (in Dutch). Sportkroniek. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Uridil traint Blauw-Wit" (in Dutch). Sportkroniek. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Blauw-Wit krijgt een nieuwen trainer" (in Dutch). Sportkroniek. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "RapidArchiv - Josef Uridil".
  6. ↑ (in English) Appearances and goals for Austrian internationals at rsssf.com
  7. ↑ Transfermarkt.at
  8. ↑ Garin, Erik (20 June 2007). "Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 June 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
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