Karl Rappan
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Karl Rappan | ||
| Date of birth | September 26, 1905 | ||
| Place of birth | Vienna, Austria | ||
| Date of death | January 2, 1996 (aged 90) | ||
| Place of death | Bern, Switzerland | ||
| Playing position | Half, forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1922–1924 | SV Donau Wien | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1924–1928 | SC Wacker Vienna | ||
| 1928–1929 | Austria Wien | ||
| 1929–1930 | Rapid Wien | 6 | (2) |
| 1931–1935 | Servette FC | ||
| National team | |||
| 1927 | Austria | 2 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1931–1935 | Servette (player-coach) | ||
| 1935–1948 | Grasshopper | ||
| 1948–1957 | Servette | ||
| 1958–1959 | FC Zürich | ||
| 1964–1968 | Lausanne-Sports | ||
| 1970–1971 | Rapid Wien (technical director) | ||
| 1937–1938 | Switzerland | ||
| 1942–1949 | Switzerland | ||
| 1953–1954 | Switzerland | ||
| 1960–1963 | Switzerland | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Karl Rappan (September 26, 1905 – January 2, 1996) was an Austrian footballer and coach. He played and managed mostly in Switzerland, where he won multiple titles. He had four tenures as coach of the Swiss national team, which he managed in three World Cups, and is the all-time leader in matches won as coach of the Swiss team. He introduced a major football strategy known as the "bolt", which gave origin to the catenaccio system. He also helped create the UEFA Intertoto Cup.
Rappan, born in Vienna, played as a half and forward. As a teenager, he played for the club Donau Wien. In 1924, he joined Wacker Vienna, where he played four years. He was selected to the Austria national team in while at Wacker. He then played one season at each of the clubs FK Austria Wien and Rapid Wien, winning the 1929/30 Austrian league with the latter. Rappan then moved to Switzerland, where he started playing for Servette FC in 1931, becoming a player-coach until his retirement as a player in 1935, and winning the Swiss league twice with the club, in 1933 and 1934.
In 1927, he was capped twice for the Austria national team, scoring one goal, against Hungary in a 6-0 win.
Rappan spent almost all of his managerial career – which extended from 1932 to 1963 – coaching Swiss teams and the Swiss national team. After his role as player-coach at Servette, Rappan became a full-time coach and joined Grasshopper-Club, managing the Zürich club from 1935 to 1948, and winning 5 domestic league titles and 7 cups. In 1948, he returned to Servette for a second period at the club, now as coach only. He remained there until 1957, adding one more league title and one cup to his palmares.
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