Ernst Happel

Also known as Ernst Nechida, Ernst Franz Hermann Happel

Austrian footballer and manager (1925–1992)

Key facts

1967: San Francisco Gales
1973: Sevilla
1979: Harelbeke
1992: Austria
Full name: Ernst Franz Hermann Happel
Date of birth: ( 1925-11-29 ) 29 November 1925
Place of birth: Vienna , Austria
Date of death: 14 November 1992 (1992-11-14) (aged 66)
Place of death: Innsbruck , Austria
Height: 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position: Defender
1938 1942: Rapid Wien
Years: Team
1942 1954: Rapid Wien
1955 1956: RC Paris
1956 1959: Rapid Wien
1947 1958: Austria
1962 1969: ADO Den Haag

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Ernst
Gender: male
Citizenship: Austria
Place of birth: Vienna
Place of death: Innsbruck
Occupation: association football coach
Languages spoken: German
Participant in: 1948 Summer Olympics
Sport: association football
Member of team: SK Rapid Wien
Position played: defender
Country for sport: Austria
Image: Ernst Happel 1978.jpg
Height: 178

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Commons category: Ernst Happel
cause of death: lung cancer
date of birth: 1925-11-29
date of death: 1992-11-14
manner of death: natural causes
coach of sports team: Real Betis Balompié
start of work period: 1943-00-00
name in native language: Ernst Happel

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* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Team Austria 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. Ernst Franz Hermann Happel (29 November 1925 – 14 November 1992) was an Austrian football player and manager.

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