Rodolphe Hiden

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Rodolphe Hiden
Personal information
Date of birth	9 March 1909
Place of birth	Graz, Austria
Date of death	September 11, 1973 (aged 64)
Place of death	Vienna, Austria
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth clubs
1925-1927	Grazer AK
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1927-1933 1933-1940	Wiener AC RC Paris
National team
1928-1933 1940	Austria  France	20 (0) 1 (0)
Teams managed
1951-1952 1952-1953 1953-1954 1956-1957 ?-? 1963-1964	Salernitana Calcio 1919 F.C. Messina Peloro U.S. Città di Palermo F.C. Messina Peloro Carrarese Calcio Salernitana Calcio 1919
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Rodolphe Hiden, nicknamed Rudi (born 9 March 1909 - died 11 September 1973) was an Austrian, then French football goalkeeper, who became a coach in Italy after his playing career.

Born in Austria as Rudolf Hiden, he was a successful Austrian international and in 1930 Herbert Chapman's Arsenal tried to sign him, but the Players Union and the Football League in England prevented him from doing so.^[1] He moved to France in 1933 to play for RC Paris alongside Auguste Jordan and later gained French nationality. Goalkeeper of the Austrian Wunderteam, he was also capped once for France.

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As a player

• French championship in 1936 with RC Paris
• Coupe de France 1936, 1939, 1940 with RC Paris

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