Walter Horak is a former 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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 player.

Club career

Horak played for several clubs, including Austria Wien, SC Wacker Wien, Grazer AK

Grazer AK

Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletik-Sport Klub , is an Austrian sports club, from the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria . The football section is one of the most traditional Austrian clubs, most successful in the decade 1995 – 2005...

, and FC Sochaux (France). But with Wiener Sport Club he won two league titles and he topped the final goalscorers chart once.

International career

He made his debut for Austria

Austria national football team

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 in November 1954 against Hungary

Hungary national football team

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 and was a participant at the 1958 FIFA World Cup

1958 FIFA World Cup

The 1958 FIFA World Cup, the sixth staging of the World Cup, was hosted by Sweden from 8 June to 29 June. The tournament was won by Brazil, who beat Sweden 5–2 in the final for their first title. To date, this marks the only occasion that a World Cup staged in Europe was not won by a European...

 and the 1960 European Nations' Cup where he scored against France

France national football team

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. He earned 13 caps, scoring 3 goals.

Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (2):
  • 1958, 1959, 1962
• Austrian Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (1):
  • 1958

External links

Austria Wien archive

• Career stats - National Football Teams