Robert Dienst (1 March 1928 – 13 June 2000) was an Austrian

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forward. He died in 2000 after a long illness.

Club career

Robert Dienst started his career at Floridsdorfer AC, where he played his first game as a

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during

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. He turned into a prolific striker at

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and became one of the most successful Austrian goalscorers in the 1950s, three times topping the top goalscorers charts and winning six league titles. With his 307 Bundesliga goals, he is still Rapid's record league goalscorer. He scored 323 goals in 351 games in total in the

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International career

He made his debut for

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in an October 1949 match against

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and earned a total of 27 caps, scoring 12 goals. He was a participant at the

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and

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Honours

(6): ** 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960 *

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(1): ** 1961 * Zentropa Cup (1): ** 1951 *

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(4): ** 1951, 1953, 1954, 1957 - Oberliga.at

References

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Player profile and stats
- Rapidarchiv
Weltfussball
* 1928 births 2000 deaths Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers 1954 FIFA World Cup players 1958 FIFA World Cup players SK Rapid Wien players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Austrian football managers FK Austria Wien managers Men's association football forwards Footballers from Vienna Floridsdorfer AC players 20th-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-footy-forward-stub