Johann "Hans" Horvath was an Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

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Football (soccer)

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Club career

One of Austria's most prolific strikers of the 1920's, Hansi Horvath played for several club teams in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

. He spent most seasons with 1. Simmeringer SC but also played for Rapid Wien with whom he reached and lost the Mitropa Cup

Mitropa Cup

The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale was one of the first really international major European football cups for club sides...

 final in 1927 and again in 1928

Mitropa Cup 1928

The 1928 season of the Mitropa Cup football club tournament was won by Ferencvárosi TC in a final against SK Rapid Wien. This was the second edition of the tournament.-Quarterfinals:...

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International career

He made his debut for Austria

Austria national football team

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 in a January 1924 friendly match against Germany

Germany national football team

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 in which he also scored his first international goal and was a participant at the 1934 FIFA World Cup

1934 FIFA World Cup

The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934....

where he scored 2 goals and the team claimed 4th place. He earned 46 caps, scoring 29 goals. His last international was an October 1934 friendly match against Hungary

Hungary national football team

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Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (2):
  • 1929, 1930
• Austrian Cup
  Austrian Cup
  The Austrian Cup, in German: ÖFB-Cup is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB.It has been held since 1919, with the exception of the time of the Anschluss between 1939 and 1945 and the period between 1950 and 1958 when the competition was deemed of...
  
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  • 1929

External links

• Rapid stats - Rapid Archive
• Career stats - National Football Teams