Franz Cisar
{{Short description|Austrian footballer (1908–1943)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Franz Cisar
| image =
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1908|11|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Austria-Hungary
| death_date = {{death date and age|1943|8|10|1908|11|28|df=yes}}
| death_place = Soviet Union
| height =
| position = Defender
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1926–1929
| clubs1 = Hertha Wien
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1929–1935
| clubs2 = Wiener AC
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| goals2 =
| years3 = 1935–1936
| clubs3 = Moravská Slavia Brno
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| goals3 =
| years4 = 1936–1937
| clubs4 = Metz
| caps4 = 8
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1937–1938
| clubs5 = Prostějov
| caps5 =
| goals5 =
| nationalyears1 = 1933–1934
| nationalteam1 = Austria
| nationalcaps1 = 9
| nationalgoals1 = 1
}}
Franz Cisar (28 November 1908 – 10 August 1943){{cite web|title=Franz Cisar gefallen. In: Salzburger Zeitung. Salzburger Landeszeitung. Salzburger Volksblatt, 30. August 1943, S. 4|url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=szt&datum=19430830&seite=4|website=Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek|access-date=2 April 2022}}From National Library of Austria (German language.)) was an Austrian footballer who played as a defender for Austria in the 1934 FIFA World Cup.{{cite web |title=1934 FIFA World Cup Austrian’s squad |url=http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/teams/team=43934.html |website=FIFA |access-date=28 May 2023 |archive-date=11 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611202516/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/teams/team=43934.html |url-status=bot: unknown }} His career lasted from 1926 to 1938.
Club career
Cisar played for several Austrian clubs before moving abroad for a season at Metz.{{cite web |title=Franz Cisar |url=https://www.fcmetz.com/cisar-franz |website=FC Metz |access-date=3 June 2023}}
International career
His first cap was against Hungary on 1 October 1933.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}
He took part in the 1934 FIFA World Cup where he played all of Austria's four games.{{cite web |title=1934 FIFA World Cup Austrian’s squad |url=http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/teams/team=43934.html |website=FIFA |access-date=3 June 2023 |archive-date=11 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611202516/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/teams/team=43934.html |url-status=bot: unknown }} The third place play-off lost against Germany was his last cap.
Death
In the Second World War Cisar served as 'Obergefreiter' (Corporal) in a German Army tank regiment when he was killed in action on the Eastern Front in Russia in 10 August 1943, aged 34. He had already been wounded in action.{{cite web |title=Family Obituary Franz Cisar |url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=dkb&datum=19430913&seite |website=Das Kleine Blatt}}
References
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External links
- {{NFT player|43254}}
{{Austria Squad 1934 World Cup}}
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Category:Place of birth missing
Category:Austrian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Austria men's international footballers
Category:1934 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Austrian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Austrian expatriate sportspeople in France
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France
Category:German Army soldiers of World War II
Category:German Army personnel killed in World War II
Category:20th-century Austrian sportsmen
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