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Karl Pekarna

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Karl Pekarna
Personal information
Date of birth (1881-07-07)7 July 1881
Place of birth Oberlaa [de]
Date of death 23 January 1946(1946-01-23) (aged 64)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1900–1904 First Vienna FC
1905 Rangers
1905–1908 First Vienna FC
1908–1910 FC Wacker München
1910–1914 MTV München [de]
1918–1919 SK Slovan HAC
International career
1904–1908 Austria 2 (0)
Managerial career
1920–1921 SG GFC Düren 99
1921 Alemannia Aachen
1923–1924 SK Slovan HAC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Karl Pekarna (7 July 1881 – 23 January 1946) was an Austrian football player and a manager who played as a goalkeeper.[1] He made two appearances for the Austria national team from 1904 to 1908.[2]

Career

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Pekarna had a brief stint as a professional footballer with Scottish club Rangers, becoming the first footballer from mainland Europe to play in the United Kingdom.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Karl Pekarna". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Karl Pekarna". EU Football. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  3. ^ Germann, Carsten. "Vienna Calling". Rund (in German). Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Jubiläum: 125 Jahre Emotionen in Blau-Gelb". diepresse.com (in German). 20 August 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
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