Herbert Prohaska

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Personal information
Herbert Prohaska
Full name	Herbert Prohaska
Date of birth	August 8, 1955 (1955-08-08) (age 52)
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
1970–1972	Ostbahn XI
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1972–1980 1980–1982 1982–1983 1983–1989	Austria Vienna Inter Milan Roma Austria Vienna Total	259 0(62) 056 00(8) 026 00(3) 194 0(35) 535 (108)
National team²
1974–1989	Austria	084 0(12)
Teams managed
1990–1992 1993–1999 1999–2000	Austria Vienna Austria Austria Vienna
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 30, 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of December 30, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Herbert ("Schneckerl") Prohaska (born 8 August 1955 in Vienna, Austria) is a former Austrian footballer.

Prohaska started his professional career in 1972 at the football club Austria Vienna. By 1980 he had helped his club to win 4 Austrian league titles and 3 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 AS Roma, where he won the Italian championship in his first year. He returned to Austria Vienna in 1983 to finish his playing career.

Prohaska also was successful with the Austrian national team with whom he took part in two Football World Cups: 1978 and 1982.

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

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

In November 2003, he was selected as the Golden Player of Austria by the Austrian Football Association as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years. [1]

Prohaska is currently working 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.

[edit] External links

UEFA.com article on Austria's Golden Player

v • d • e Austria squad - 1978 FIFA World Cup

1 Koncilia • 2 Sara • 3 Obermayer • 4 Breitenberger • 5 Pezzey • 6 Hattenberger • 7 Hickersberger • 8 Prohaska • 9 Krankl • 10 Kreuz • 11 Jara • 12 Krieger • 13 Happich • 14 Strasser • 15 Weber • 16 Persidis • 17 Oberacher • 18 Schachner • 19 Pirkner • 20 Baumeister • 21 Fuchsbichler • 22 Baumgartner • Coach: Senekowitsch

v • d • e Austria squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup

1 Koncilia • 2 Krauss • 3 Obermayer • 4 Degeorgi • 5 Pezzey • 6 Hattenberger • 7 Schachner • 8 Prohaska • 9 Krankl • 10 Hintermaier • 11 Jara • 12 Pichler • 13 Hagmayr • 14 Baumeister • 15 Dihanich • 16 Messlender • 17 Pregesbauer • 18 Jurtin • 19 Weber • 20 Welzl • 21 Feurer • 22 Lindenberger • Coach: Latzke & Schmidt

v • d • e Austria squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup

1 Konsel • 2 Schopp • 3 Schöttel • 4 Pfeffer • 5 Feiersinger • 6 Kogler • 7 Haas • 8 Pfeifenberger • 9 Vastić • 10 Herzog • 11 Amerhauser • 12 Hiden • 13 Cerny • 14 Reinmayr • 15 Wetl • 16 Wohlfahrt • 17 Mählich • 18 Stöger • 19 Polster • 20 Heraf • 21 Knaller • 22 Kühbauer • Coach: Prohaska

Awards
Preceded by Incumbent	Austrian Footballer of the Year 1984 – 1985	Succeeded by Toni Polster
Preceded by Heribert Weber	Austrian Footballer of the Year 1987	Succeeded by Gerhard Rodax