Otto Neczas

Austrian footballer and coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Otto Neczas (20 October 1894 – 4 November 1940) was an Austrian football player and coach.

Full name Otto Neczas
Date of birth (1894-10-20)20 October 1894[1]
Place of birth Vienna, Austro-Hungary
Date of death 4 November 1940(1940-11-04) (aged 46)[2]
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Otto Neczas
Personal information
Full name Otto Neczas
Date of birth (1894-10-20)20 October 1894[1]
Place of birth Vienna, Austro-Hungary
Date of death 4 November 1940(1940-11-04) (aged 46)[2]
Place of death Vienna
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1913–1914 1. Simmeringer SC 1 (0)
1915–1925 SC Rudolfshügel [3] 102 (76)
1918 → ASV Hertha Wien 2 (0)
Managerial career
1925–1926 Soko Belgrade
1926–1928 Vojvodina
1929–1930 Vojvodina
1930–1931 FC Metz
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
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As player he was a striker and became a prolific goalscorer during the 1910s. He played with 1. Simmeringer SC in the 1913/14 season.[4] Then he played with SC Rudolfshügel between 1915 and 1925.[5][6] In the 1917–18 Austrian championship he ended up the season as the second league top-scorer with 14 goals.[7] Besides SC Rudolfshügel, he played in another Austrian top-flight club, ASV Hertha Wien, in the season 1918–19 Austrian championship.[8]

In 1917 he played for the team of Lower-Austria against Bohemia.[9] In 1918 he played for the Vienna selection against Kraków.[10]

Later he became a coach and managed Yugoslav side FK Vojvodina on two occasions 1926 and 1930.[11] Before coming to Vojvodina he coached for a brief period SK Soko a club from the Yugoslav capital Belgrade.[12]

He died on 4 November and was buried on 8 November at Vienna Central Cemetery.[13]

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