Rodolphe Hiden

Rodolphe Hiden
Personal information
Date of birth9 March 1909
Place of birthGraz, Austria
Date of death11 September 1973 (aged 64)
Place of deathVienna, Austria
Height1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Youth career
1925–1927Grazer AK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1927–1933Wiener AC118(0)
1933–1940RC Paris132(0)
National team
1928–1933Austria20(0)
1940France1(0)
Teams managed
1951–1952Salernitana
1952–1953Messina
1953–1954Palermo
1956–1957Messina
Carrarese
1963–1964Salernitana
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Rodolphe Hiden (9 March 1909 – 11 September 1973) was an Austrian-French footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Grazer AK, Wiener AC and RC Paris. He was capped internationally by the Austria and France national teams. In later life, Hiden managed several clubs in Italy, including Palermo.

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] During the war, he served in the French military.

Honours

RC Paris

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