Matthias Kaburek

Matthias Kaburek

Personal information
Date of birth	(1911-02-09)9 February 1911
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	17 February 1976(1976-02-17) (aged 65)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1927–1928	Vienna CFC
1928–1936	Rapid Wien	121	(100)
1936–1937	FC Metz	21	(14)
1937–1938	USB Longwy
1939–1945	Rapid Wien	37	(38)
International career
1934–1935	Austria	4	(2)
1939	Germany	1	(0)
Managerial career
1947	FC Brno
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Matthias Kaburek (9 February 1911 – 17 February 1976) was an Austrian football player. He played as a forward mainly for SK Rapid Wien. With the Austrian national football team he played in the 1934 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Kaburek started his career with the Vienna Cricket and Football-Club. In 1928 he went to SK Rapid Wien.Then he played for FC Metz (1936/37) and USB Longwy (1937/38) in the French league sides Metz, alongside compatriot and fellow World Cup player Franz Cisar. For Rapid Vienna, Kaburek played 152 games and scored 135 goals.

International career

He played his first match on 11 February 1934 in a 4-2 win versus Italy. As a player Kaburek was part of Austria national football team at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He also played one match for Germany after the occupation of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1939.

International statistics

Austria

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	1934	3	2
	1935	1	0
Total		4	2

Germany

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany	1939	1	0
Total		1	0

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kaburek goal.

List of international goals scored by Matthias Kaburek

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	13 January 1924	Stade des Charmilles, Geneva, Switzerland	Switzerland	2-0	3-2	Svehla-Cup
2	11 November 1934	Praterstadion, Vienna , Austria	Switzerland	1-0	3-0	Svehla-Cup

Manager

After the end of the Second World War, Kaburek worked as a coach. He started in 1946 at ASK Hollabrunn and in 1947 at SK Židenice in Brno. In 1949 he took over the coaching post at ASK Patria Heidenreichstein.

Honours

• Austrian Bundesliga Top Goalscorer:
  • 1935
• Mitropacup:
  • 1930
• Austrian champion:
  • 1929, 1930, 1935, 1940, 1941
• German champion:
  • 1941

References

• Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.

Other websites

• Matthias Kaburek at WorldFootball.net
• Matthias Kaburek at Rapid Archive
• Matthias Kaburek at National-Football-Teams.com