Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 October 1886 | ||
Place of birth | Vienna, Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 14 November 1941 | (aged 55)||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1902–1909 | Vienna Cricket and Football-Club | ||
1921 | SK Jugoslavija | ||
Managerial career | |||
1924–1927 | 1. Simmeringer SC | ||
1926–1928 | Austria (Asst) | ||
1927–1928 | Wacker Wien | ||
1928–1931 | Austria Wien | ||
FC Neumünster Zürich | |||
1938–1939 | FC Luzern | ||
1939–1940 | SK Jugoslavija | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Robert Lang (26 October 1886 – 14 November 1941) [1] was an Austrian football player and coach.
As player Lang played with Vienna Cricket and Football-Club between 1902 [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] and 1909 [8] (the club was renamed to FK Austria Wien in 1926). While representing Vienna Cricket & FC he played for the city team of Vienna against Leupzig in 1903 [3] and the city team of Berlin in 1905, [9] 1906 [10] and 1907. [11] He also played in 1921 with Yugoslav side SK Jugoslavija. [12]
He coached 1. Simmeringer SC in the seasons 1924–25, [13] 1925–26 [14] and 1926–27, [15] [16] Wacker Wien in the 1927–28 season, [17] [18] next Austria Wien[ citation needed] in the seasons 1928–29, 1929–30 [17] and 1930–31. [19] In the season 1938–39 he coached Swiss side FC Luzern. [17] and in the following season, 1939–40, he coached Yugoslav side SK Jugoslavija.
He also managed the Austria national team in friendly matches during 1926. [17] Then he replaced Austria coach Hugo Meisl in the 1926 game against Czechoslovakia, [20] and then again in the 1928 games against Czechoslovakia [21] and Yugoslavia. [22]
He also coached Swiss club FC Neumünster Zürich. [23]