Ernst Melchior

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Ernst Melchior
Personal information
Full nameErnst Melchior
Date of birth(1920-06-26)26 June 1920
Place of birthVillach, Austria
Date of death5 August 1978(1978-08-05) (aged 58)
Place of deathRouen, France
Playing positionstriker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Villacher SV
1946-1953Austria Wien158(120)
1954-1958FC Rouen158(70)
1958-1959FC Nantes35(16)
National team
1946-1953Austria36(16)
Teams managed
1963-1964Beşiktaş JK
1967Fortuna Düsseldorf
1968-1969Club Africain
1969-1972Luxembourg
1972-1975Rouen
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Ernst Melchior (26 June 1920 in Villach – 5 August 1978 in Rouen, France) was an Austrian football player.

Club career

He played seven years for Austrian giants Austria Wien before moving to France where he played for FC Rouen and FC Nantes.

International career

Melchior made his debut for Austria in an April 1946 friendly match against Hungary and was a participant at the 1948 Summer Olympics[1] He earned 36 caps, scoring 16 goals.[2] His last international was a November 1953 World Cup qualification match against Portugal.

Death and legacy

Melchior died, aged 58, after a long illness in Rouen. In his honour, a gasse (street) in Vienna was named after him.

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