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Herbert Prohaska

Herbert Prohaska
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Personal information
Date of birth (1955-08-08) 8 August 1955 (age 61)
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Vorwärts XI
1970–1972 Ostbahn XI
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1980 Austria Vienna 259 (62)
1980–1982 Internazionale 56 (8)
1982–1983 Roma 26 (3)
1983–1989 Austria Vienna 194 (35)
Total 535 (108)
National team
1974–1989 Austria 83 (10)
Teams managed
1990–1992 Austria Vienna
1993–1999 Austria
1999–2000 Austria Vienna
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Herbert Prohaska (born 8 August 1955 in Vienna, Austria) is a retired Austrian football player. He ranks among Austria's greatest football players of all time. Prohaska is currently working as a football pundit for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF). His nickname "Schneckerl", Viennese dialect for curly hair, derives from his curly haircut in his younger years. A talented, combative midfielder, Prohaska played as a deep-lying playmaker, known for his precision passing.

Prohaska started his professional career in 1972 at the football club Austria Vienna. By 1980 he had helped his club to win four Austrian league titles and three Austrian Cup wins. In 1980, he joined Inter Milan, and won the Italian Cup in his second season with the nerazzurri. In 1982, he moved to AS Roma, where he won the Italian championship in his first year. He returned to Austria Vienna in 1983 to finish his playing career.

Prohaska made his debut for Austria in a November 1974 friendly match against Turkey and was a participant at the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cups. He earned 83 caps, scoring 10 goals. His final international was a June 1989 World Cup qualification match against Iceland, but he retired before the 1990 World Cup.


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