Robert Dienst was an Austrian

Austrians

Austrians are a nation and ethnic group, consisting of the population of the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent....

 football

Football (soccer)

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 forward. He died in 2000 after a long illness.

Club career

Robert Dienst started his career at Florisdsdorfer AC, where he played his first game as a midfielder

Midfielder

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 during World War II

World War II

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. He turned into a prolific striker at Rapid Wien and became one of the most successful Austrian goalscorers in the 1950-s., three times topping the top goalscorers charts and winning 6 league titles. With his 307 Bundesliga goals, he is still Rapid's record league goalscorer.

He scored 323 goals in 351 games in total in the Austrian Football Bundesliga.

International career

He made his debut for Austria

Austria national football team

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 in an October 1949 match against Hungary

Hungary national football team

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 and earned a total of 27 caps, scoring 12 goals. He was a participant at the 1954 FIFA World Cup

1954 FIFA World Cup

The 1954 FIFA World Cup, the fifth staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerland was chosen as hosts in July 1946. The tournament set a number of all-time records for goal-scoring, including the highest average goals scored per game...

 and 1958 FIFA World Cup

1958 FIFA World Cup

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.

Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (6):
  • 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960
• Austrian Cup
  Austrian Cup
  The Austrian Cup, in German: ÖFB-Cup is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB.It has been held since 1919, with the exception of the time of the Anschluss between 1939 and 1945 and the period between 1950 and 1958 when the competition was deemed of...
  
   (1):
  • 1961
• Zentropa Cup
  Mitropa Cup
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   (1):
  • 1951
• Austrian Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (3):
  • 1951, 1953, 1954

External links

Player profile and stats - Rapidarchiv Weltfussball