Introduction
Franz Binder (1 December 1911 – 24 April 1989) was an Austrian football player and coach who played as a forward.
Club career
Nicknamed Bimbo, Binder was a prolific goalscorer who played for SK Rapid Wien. He won the national Austrian championship four times and was three times top goalscorer in Austrian league. In 1941 he also won the German championship with a 4–3 victory against Schalke 04, when he scored three goals. In his whole career he would score 1006 goals in 756 matches. With an average-score of 1.33 goals per match, it is among the best in football history, so Binder is one of the few players to score more than 1000 goals in his professional career alongside Arthur Friedenreich, Gerd Müller, Ferenc Puskás, Josef Bican,Ernst Wilimowski and Pelé.
International career
Internationally he represented the Austria national football team (19 caps, 16 goals), and the Germany national football team (9 caps, 10 goals) during the Anschluss.
Managerial career
After retirement from playing he became a football coach, of teams such as SSV Jahn Regensburg, PSV Eindhoven, 1. FC Nürnberg, TSV 1860 München and Rapid Wien.
Player honours
- Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1935, 1938, 1946, 1948
- Great Germany Gauliga 1940, 1941
- Wiener Cup 1946
- DFB-Pokal: 1938
- Austrian Bundesliga Top Goalscorer: 1933, 1937, 1938
- Gauliga Top Goalscorer: 1939, 1940, 1941