Herbert Prohaska

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Herbert Prohaska

| image = 20180602 FIFA Friendly Match Austria vs. Germany Herbert Prohaska 850 0545.jpg

| caption = Prohaska in 2018

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|8|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Vienna, Austria

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Vorwärts XI

| youthyears2 = 1970–1972

| youthclubs2 = Ostbahn XI

| years1 = 1972–1980

| clubs1 = Austria Vienna

| caps1 = 259

| goals1 = 62

| years2 = 1980–1982

| clubs2 = Inter Milan

| caps2 = 56

| goals2 = 8

| years3 = 1982–1983

| clubs3 = Roma

| caps3 = 26

| goals3 = 3

| years4 = 1983–1989

| clubs4 = Austria Vienna

| caps4 = 194

| goals4 = 35

| totalcaps = 535

| totalgoals = 108

| nationalyears1 = 1974–1989

| nationalteam1 = Austria

| nationalcaps1 = 83

| nationalgoals1 = 10

| manageryears1 = 1990–1992

| managerclubs1 = Austria Vienna

| manageryears2 = 1993–1999

| managerclubs2 = Austria

| manageryears3 = 1999–2000

| managerclubs3 = Austria Vienna

}}

Herbert Prohaska ({{IPA|de|ˈhɛʁbɛʁt pʁoˈhaska, - ˈpʁɔhaska}};{{cite book|author1=Dudenredaktion|last2=Kleiner|first2=Stefan|last3=Knöbl|first3=Ralf|year=2015|orig-year=First published 1962|title=Das Aussprachewörterbuch|trans-title=The Pronunciation Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T6vWCgAAQBAJ|language=de|edition=7th|location=Berlin|publisher=Dudenverlag|isbn=978-3-411-04067-4|pages=439, 704}}{{cite book|last1=Krech|first1=Eva-Maria|last2=Stock|first2=Eberhard|last3=Hirschfeld|first3=Ursula|last4=Anders|first4=Lutz Christian|title=Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch|trans-title=German Pronunciation Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E-1tr_oVkW4C&q=deutsches+ausspracheworterbuch|language=de|year=2009|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|location=Berlin|isbn=978-3-11-018202-6|pages=578, 844}} born 8 August 1955) is an Austrian former professional footballer. He ranks among Austria's greatest football players of all time. Prohaska works as a football pundit for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF). His nickname "Schneckerl", Viennese dialect for curly hair, derives from his curly haircut in his younger years. A talented, elegant, and combative midfielder, Prohaska played as a deep-lying playmaker, and was known for his technique, intelligence, and precise passing.{{cite web |url=https://storiedicalcio.altervista.org/blog/roma_scudetto_1982_83.html |title=Roma 1982/83: Cuore Giallorosso |publisher=Storie di Calcio |language=it |access-date=22 September 2018 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,20/articleid,1027_01_1983_0109_0028_14347758/ |title=Vierchowod uomo in più, Nappy jolly |publisher=La Stampa |page=20 |language=it |date=10 May 1983 |access-date=22 September 2018 }}

Club career

Born in Vienna, Austria, Prohaska started his professional career in 1972 at the football club Austria Vienna. By 1980 he had helped his club to win four Austrian league titles and three Austrian Cup wins. In 1980, he joined Inter Milan, and won the Italian Cup in his second season with the nerazzurri. In 1982, he moved to A.S. Roma, where he won the Italian championship in his first year. He returned to Austria Vienna in 1983 to finish his playing career.

International career

Prohaska made his debut for Austria in a November 1974 friendly match against Turkey and was a participant at the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cups.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080529193043/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=174881/index.html FIFA Player Statistics – Herbert Prohaska] FIFA.com He earned 83 caps, scoring 10 goals.[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/oost-recintlp.html Appearances for Austrian National Team] RSSSF His final international was a June 1989 World Cup qualification match against Iceland, but he retired before the 1990 World Cup, while Austria qualified for the tournament.

Managerial career

In 1989 Prohaska retired from playing. Shortly after his retirement he worked as a coach at Austria Vienna, where he won two Austrian League titles and two Austrian Cups.

In 1993, he became manager of the Austria national team, qualifying as group winners for the 1998 World Cup in France. In 1999, he resigned after a disastrous 9–0 defeat to Spain. From 1999 to 2000 he returned to managing Austria Vienna.

Awards

In November 2003, Prohaska was selected as the Golden Player of Austria by the Austrian Football Association as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110213034812/http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=130150.html Golden Players take centre stage] UEFA.com, 29 November 2003 In August 2004, he was voted the Austrian Footballer of the Century as the Austrian Football Association celebrated its 100th anniversary.[https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01a0-0f8ee04dac08-09201f93bd60-1000--prohaska-honoured-in-austria/ Prohaska honoured in Austria] UEFA.com, 18 August 2004

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Media work

Working as a pundit for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation ORF, Prohaska suggested at the 2006 World Cup that referee Graham Poll's famous yellow card blunder[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/5108722.stm Ref Poll sent home from World Cup] BBC Sport, 28 June 2006 was a result of heavy alcohol consumption before the match.

Honours

=As a player=

Austrian Bundesliga (7): 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986
Austrian Cup: 1974, 1977, 1980, 1986
Italian Serie A Championship: 1983
Italian Cup: 1982

Individual

Austrian Player of the Year (Krone-Fußballerwahl): 1975, 1985
Austrian Player of the Year (APA-Fußballerwahl): 1984, 1985, 1988
UEFA Jubilee Awards (Austria's Golden Player): 2004

=As a manager=

Austrian Bundesliga: 1991, 1992
Austrian Cup: 1990, 1992
Austrian Manager of the Year (Krone-Fußballerwahl): 1997

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20121014002244/http://www.austria-archiv.at/spieler.php?Spieler_ID=126 Player profile – Herbert Prohaska] Austria Archive
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Category:1955 births

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Category:Men's association football midfielders