Rodolphe Hiden

Rodolphe Hiden
Personal information
Full name Rudolf Hiden
Date of birth 9 March 1909(1909-03-09)
Place of birth Graz, Austria
Date of death 11 September 1973(1973-09-11) (aged 64)
Place of death Vienna, Austria
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1925–1927 Grazer AK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1927–1933 Wiener AC
1933–1940 RC Paris
National team
1928–1933 Austria 20 (0)
1940 France 1 (0)
Teams managed
1951–1952 Salernitana
1952–1953 Messina
1953–1954 Palermo
1956–1957 Messina
Carrarese
1963–1964 Salernitana
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Rodolphe Hiden, or Rudolf Hiden (9 March 1909 – 11 September 1973) was an AustrianFrench football goalkeeper, who became a coach in Italy after his playing career.

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Playing career

Born in Austria and nicknamed Rudi, 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.[2]

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