Franz Cisar

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Franz Cisar
Personal information
Date of birth (1908-11-28)28 November 1908
Place of birth Austria-Hungary
Date of death August 1943(1943-08-00) (aged 34)
Place of death Soviet Union
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1926–1929 Hertha Wien
1929–1935 Wiener AC
1935–1936 Moravská Slavia Brno
1936–1937 FC Metz 8 (0)
1937–1938 Prostějov
National team
1933–1934 Austria 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Franz Cisar (28 November 1908 – August 1943[1]) was an Austrian footballer whose career lasted from 1926 to 1938.

Club career

Cisar played for several Austrian clubs before moving abroad for a season at FC Metz[2] in France.

International career

A defender, his most prominent moment came during the 1934 FIFA World Cup when he was a member of the Austria national football team.[3]

Death

In the Second World War Cisar served as 'Obergefreiter' (Corporal) in a German Army tank regiment when he was killed in action on the Eastern Front in Russia in August 1943, aged 34. He had already been wounded in action.[1][4]

References

  • Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). Paris:L'Harmattan. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.
  1. ^ a b "Franz Cisar gefallen. In: Salzburger Zeitung. Salzburger Landeszeitung. Salzburger Volksblatt, 30. August 1943, S. 4". Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek. Retrieved 2 April 2022.From National Library of Austria (German language.)
  2. ^ Profile Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine - FC Metz
  3. ^ Franz CisarFIFA competition record (archived)
  4. ^ Family obituary Franz Cisar, Das Kleine Blatt newspaper, 13 September 1943, p.7.

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