Richard Kuthan

Richard "Rigo" Kuthan (3 July 1891 – 10 February 1958) was an Austrian international footballer. He played for SK Rapid Wien as forward. [1][2]

Richard Kuthan
Personal information
Date of birth (1891-07-03)3 July 1891
Date of death 10 February 1958(1958-02-10) (aged 66)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1911–1926 Rapid 227 (153+)
1926–1927 SC Wacker Wien
1927–1930 Rapid 16 (11)
National team
1912–1928 Austria 24 (14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

At the age of 15 he came to Rapid Wien. In the 1911/12 season he was captain of the team which won the first titel for Rapid. From 1911 till 1925 he was the captain. In 246 matches for Rapid he scored 167 goals. He still is the 3rd in the scorer ranking of Rapid. Together with Josef Uridil he was a feared striker.

With Rapid he gained 8 Austrian Championsships and 2 Cups. 2 times he reached the final of the Mitropa-Cup. 1915/16 and 1921/22 he was topscorer of the league. [3]

International career

He played 24 matches and scored 15 goals for the Austria national football team. His debut was on 22 December 1912 versus Italy in Genua where he also scored his first goal for Austria. His last match was on 6 May 1928 versus Yugoslavia.

Honours
  • 8 × Austrian Champion: 1912, 1913, 1916, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1929
  • 2 × Austrian Cup: 1919, 1920
  • 2 × Mitropacup-Finale: 1927, 1928
  • 1 × Top scorer: 1922
  • 24 matches and 15 goals for the Austria national football team (1912 -1928)

References
  1. "National team stats". austriasoccer.at. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  2. "Profile". rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  3. Rapid Archiv Richard Kuthan
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