Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert Merz | ||
Date of birth | November 25, 1887 | ||
Place of birth | Vienna, Austria | ||
Date of death | August 30, 1914 | (aged 26)||
Place of death | Poturzyn, Poland | ||
Playing position | striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1904–1907 | Wiener SV | ||
1907–1914 | DFC Prag | ||
National team | |||
1908–1914 | Austria | 13 | (5) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Robert Merz (November 25, 1887 in Vienna – August 30, 1914 in Poturzyn, Tomaszów) was an Austrian amateur football (soccer) player.
He died during World War I, aged 26.
He was a member of the Austrian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics and played two matches in the main tournament as well as two matches in the consolation tournament. He scored two goals against Germany in the first round of the main tournament.
For the Austrian national team he played 13 games and scored 5 goals.