Helmut Senekowitsch

Helmut Senekowitsch ( 22 October 1933 – 9 September 2007) was an Austrian football player and later a football manager.
Playing career.
He played 354 matches and scored 119 goals for SK Sturm Graz, Real Betis, First Vienna FC and FC Wacker Innsbruck.
He played for the Austria national football team. In 1958 he played in the FIFA World Cup. He played 18 matches and scored 5 goals.
Coaching career.
Senekowitsch later worked as a coach in different European countries like Germany (Eintracht Frankfurt), Greece ( Panathinaikos, Olympiacos , AEK Athens), Spain (Athletic Bilbao) and Austria (Grazer AK, VOEST Linz, Linzer ASK, First Vienna FC)
From 1976 to 1978 he was manager of the Austrian national football team. After 20 years Austria had qualified for the World Cup. In the 1978 FIFA World Cup the Austrian team advanced to the second round. The first match was a 1–5 loss against Netherlands being coached by his former teammate Ernst Happel. Later he led them during the game known as "The miracle of Córdoba" where they won 3:2 versus West Germany. It was the first victory since 47 years.
He died in September 2007 after a long illness.