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Matthias Sindelar
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Key facts
- Full name
- Matthias Sindelar
- Birth name
- Matěj Šindelář
- Date of birth
- ( 1903-02-10 ) 10 February 1903
- Place of birth
- Kozlov , Moravia, Austria-Hungary
- Date of death
- 23 January 1939 (1939-01-23) (aged 35)
- Place of death
- Vienna , Nazi Germany
- Height
- 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Position
- Centre-forward
- 1918 1922
- Hertha Vienna
- Years
- Team
- 1921 1924
- Hertha Vienna
- 1924 1939
- Austria Wien
- 1926 1937
- Austria
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Matthias
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Kozlov
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Participant in
- 1934 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Austria men's national football team
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Austria
- Mass
- 74
- Image
- Sindelar-aut.jpg
- Height
- 175
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- place of burial
- Vienna Central Cemetery
- Commons category
- Matthias Sindelar
- date of birth
- 1903-02-10
- date of death
- 1939-01-23
- name in native language
- Matthias Sindelar
- birth name
- Matěj Šindelář
- manner of death
- accidental death
- cause of death
- asphyxia
- pseudonym
- <br />The Mozart of football (el Mozart del futbol)
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Matthias Sindelar ( German: [maˈtiːas ˈʃɪndəlaːɐ̯], Czech: Matěj Šindelář; 10 February 1903 – 23 January 1939) was an Austrian professional footballer. Regarded as one of the greatest Austrian players of all time, Sindelar notably played for Austria Vienna and the national side.
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