Franz "Bimbo" Binder (1 December 1911 – 24 April 1989) was an Austrian association football, football player and coach who played as a forward (association football), forward. Internationally he represented the Austria national football team, Austria national team and, during the Anschluss, the Germany national football team, Germany national team. He played internationally immediately following the Austrian "Wunderteam" of 1931-32. He is the all time leading scorer of Rapid Wien with 1006 goals in 757 games and regarded as one of the greatest Austrian players of all times. In his whole career he would score 1202 goals in 831 matches. With an average-score of 1.44 goals per match, he is among the most prolific scorers in football history. Binder is one of only a few players to score more than 1200 goals in his professional career alongside Lajos Tichy, Josef Bican, Gerd Müller, Ferenc Puskás, Ferenc Deák (footballer), Ferenc Deák, Erwin Helmchen and Pelé.

Club career

Binder came from a family of labourers. He had nine siblings. When he was 15 years old he played football for the first team of SKN St. Pölten, Sturm 19 St. Pölten. Nicknamed ''Bimbo'', Binder was a prolific goalscorer who played for SK Rapid Wien. He won the national Austrian championship four times and was three times top goalscorer in the Austrian league. In 1941 he also won the German championship with a 4–3 victory against Schalke 04, where he scored three goals. From 1930 to 1937, Binder scored more than 700 goals for SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Wien, including the reserves; *1930 − First team − 3 goals in 2 games. Reserve team − 14 goals in 9 games. Total − 17 games 11 goals. *1931 − First team − 19 goals in 14 games. Reserve team 54 goals in 23 games. Total − 73 goals 37 games. *1932 − First team − 62 goals in 48 games. Reserve team − 41 goals in 12 games. Total − 103 goals in 60 games. *1933 − First team − 104 goals in 68 games. *1934 − First team − 93 goals in 56 games. *1935 – First team − 95 goals in 58 games. *1936 − First team − 93 goals in 61 games. *1937 − First team − 122 goals in 72 games. *Total Reserve − 109 goals in 44 games. *Total First team − 591 goals in 378 games. *Total SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Wien, 1930−1937 − 700 goals in 422 games with a ratio of 1.65 goals per game.

International career

Binder was a very prolific goal scorer for both club and country, scoring 16 goals in 19 international matches for Austria national football team, Austria, and later 10 goals in just 9 matches for Germany national football team, Germany. He made his international debut on 11 June 1933 in a Exhibition game, friendly against Belgium national football team, Belgium, scoring twice in a 4-1 win. In 1934, he scored a goal against both Italy national football team, Italy and Czechoslovakia national football team, Czechoslovakia, the 1934 FIFA World Cup, 1934 World Cup champions and runner-ups respectively. In January 1936, he scored a goal against both Iberian teams, Spain national football team, Spain and Portugal national football team, Portugal, in 5-4 and 3-2 wins respectively. In 1937, he scored winners against France national football team, France and Latvia national football team, Latvia (both 2-1 victories), with the latter being the most important as it assured Austria a ticket to the 1938 FIFA World Cup, 1938 World Cup. His debut with Germany was remarkably similar to Austria's, as he scored against Belgium in a 4-1 win again. He then scored two back-to-back hat-tricks against Czechoslovakia national football team, Bohemia and Moravia and the then World Champions Italy, with the former salvaging his side a 4-4 draw while the latter helped to a 5-2 win. In the following year he scored two more goals against Italy in a 3-2 win at the San Siro, which were the last he scored for Germany. After an 8-year hiatus, he returned to an Austria line-up in 1945, and despite being in his late 30s he still managed to score a further 5 goals for Austria before retiring from international football.

Managerial career

After retirement from playing he became a football coach, of teams such as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, PSV Eindhoven, 1. FC Nürnberg, TSV 1860 Munich, 1860 Munich and Rapid Wien.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Austria's and Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Binder goal.''

Honours

Player

Rapid Wien * Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1934–35 Austrian football championship, 1934–35, 1937–38 Austrian football championship, 1937–38, 1945–46 Austrian football championship, 1945–46, 1947–48 Austrian football championship, 1947–48 * History of German football#German football under the Third Reich, Great Germany Gauliga: 1940, 1941 * Austrian Cup, Wiener Cup: 1945–46 * DFB-Pokal: 1938 Tschammerpokal, 1938 Individual *Austrian Bundesliga top goalscorer: 1933, 1937, 1938 *Gauliga Top Goalscorer: 1939, 1940, 1941

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Franz Binder
at Rapidarchiv * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Binder, Franz 1911 births 1989 deaths Footballers from Sankt Pölten Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers German men's footballers Germany men's international footballers Dual internationalists (men's football) SK Rapid Wien players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Austrian football managers SK Rapid Wien managers TSV 1860 Munich managers 1. FC Nürnberg managers Bundesliga managers Men's association football forwards Austrian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in West Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands 20th-century Austrian sportsmen 20th-century German sportsmen