Karl Stürmer

Karl Stürmer
Personal information
Full nameKarl Stürmer
Date of birth9 October 1882
Place of birthVienna, Austria–Hungary
Date of death1943 (aged 60)
Place of deathFaenza, Italy
Playing positionDefender, Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1898First Vienna FC
1901–?Wiener AC
National team
1903–1905Austria2(0)
Teams managed
1918–1919Wiener AC
1919–1920Rudolfshügel
1920–1922Reggiana
1922–1924Torino
1924–1926Reggiana
1926–1929Prato
1929–1930Torino
1931–1932Alessandria
1932–1934Lazio
1934Massese
1934–1936Livorno
1936–1937Alessandria
1938–1939Juventus (assistant coach)
1940–1941Cremonese
1941–1942Verona
1942–1943Cesena
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 2, 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).

Karl Stürmer (October 9, 1882 – 1943) was an Austrian professional footballer and manager.

Career

Footballer

As a footballer, he grew up in Wiener Cricket; then he played as full-back for First Vienna FC and as midfielder for Wiener AC.[1]

With Wiener AC won a Tagblatt Pokal in 1901.[2] He even played two matches with Austria national team.[3]

Coach

In 1918 Stürmer began a long career as manager in Austria and Italy.

He managed Reggiana and Prato in Divisione Nazionale and Torino, Alessandria, Lazio, Livorno and Juventus (as Virginio Rosetta assistant) in Serie A.[1][4]

Death

He died in 1943, shot by the Germans in Faenza, Italy.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 List of Austrian Players and Coaches in Italy before 1945
  2. ↑ iffhs.de
  3. ↑ Stats on eu-football.info
  4. ↑ I grandi allenatori: Carlo Sturmer, on «Il Littoriale», October 31, 1935, p. 3, availaible on emeroteca.coni.it
  5. ↑ Il salotto libery dei proletari (Italian)