Horst Nemec

Horst Nemec

Horst Nemec in 1964
Personal information
Date of birth	(1939-01-25)25 January 1939
Place of birth	Austria
Date of death	23 June 1984(1984-06-23) (aged 45)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Rudolfsheimer AC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1956–1958	SC Helfort Wien
1958–1966	FK Austria Wien	185	(132)
1966–1969	First Vienna FC	35	(12)
National team
1959–1966	Austria	29	(16)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Horst Nemec (25 January 1939 – 23 June 1984) was an Austrian football forward. He played for Austria Wien and Vienna and the Austrian national football team.

Career

Horst Nemec began his football career in August 1950 at Rudolfsheimer AC and came to Austria via SC Helfort Wien. He made his debut in Austria in the 1957–58 season. The striker was able to dominate the championship in Austria and won the championship three times from 1961 to 1963. In this time he was three times top scorer of the league. 1966 he went to Vienna. In 1969 he ended his career. In his career he played 220 league matches and scored 146 goals.

He debuted in the national team on 23 September 1959 in a 5:2 win over Norway. In this match he scored his first two international goals. His last match was on 5 September 1965 versus Hungary. He played 29 matches for Austria and scored 16 goals.

Mmanager

In the early 1970s he coached Rosenhügel.

Personal life

After his career, Nemec ran an espresso on Gumpendorfer Strasse in Vienna. He died in 1984 at the age of 45.