Karl Henlein (25 April 1892 – 2 May 1960) was an

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manager and former player.

Club career

Born in Austrian capital Vienna, Heinlein played with

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(also known as WAC) in the Austrian First Class since its first edition in season 1911–12 till the winter break of the 1918–19 season. Next, he moved to Yugoslavia where he became player/manager of

HŠK Građanski Zagreb HŠK Građanski (alternatively spelled ''Gradjanski'' or ''Gradanski''), also known as 1. HŠK Građanski or fully ''Prvi hrvatski građanski športski klub'' (), was a Croatian football club established in Zagreb in 1911 and dissolved in 1945. Th ...

and has won two titles of the Zagreb Subassociation first League. In the winter-break of the 1921–22 season he returned to Austria and played three more seasons with

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in Austrian top-flight.

International career

Karl Heinlein made 2 appearances for the

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, one in 1917 and another in 1919.

Coaching career

Karl Heinlein started his coaching career while he was still a player, by coaching

at same time he played there. Later he coached Spanish side

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in the

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and later Swiss side

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in the season 1934–35.Karl Heinlein
at Worldfootball

References

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