Herbert Feurer

Feurer 2010

Herbert " Funki " Feurer (born 14 January 1954 in Aspangbahn, Lower Austria ) is a former Austrian football player at the position of goalkeeper.

Playing career

Even as a young player, he spent at SC Aspangbahn, Feurer was a great goalie and a Rapid fan. In the Austrian youth team, where he already Hans Krankl met, he was wearing mostly green sweater. Feurer caused a stir when he already as a 15- year-old guarded the gate of the first team of his home club. Therefore, it was founded in 1974 by the then Zweitdivisionär 1 SC Wiener Neustadt obliged, where he made ​​his debut under coach Sepp Schneider, who was a great goalie in Vienna Austria itself. In Schneider, he also had his first great patron.

In the Vienna Neustädtern he brought so good performances that it Robert grains and official Kurt Eichelberger in the summer of 1976 brought them to SK Rapid Wien. There he supplanted the previous standard keeper Peter Barthold and played in his first season, 28 of 36 league games for the Green-Whites. He made his debut on August 11 at home against FC Admira Wacker, which was won 2-0. It should be a long time for him in the west of Vienna.

As a highlight of his career may well be called on 12 December 1984, the European Cup match against Celtic Glasgow. Rapid had won the home game 3-1 in the second leg, the Scots were 2-0 in front before defender Rudi Hofer went to a wine bottle missed throw to the ground. Rapid protested and the return leg was newly discharged - just said on December 12th, this time at the venerable Old Trafford in Manchester. Peter Pacult could achieve the management of Wiener already in the 17th minute before in the 65th minute an irate Celtic fan ran onto the field and the puzzled Feurer maltreated with blows and kicks. The goalie scrambled back on, played on and kept his goal until the final whistle clean - Rapid stood in the quarterfinals.

1985 was another young keeper the way to Hütteldorf: Michael Konsel had come from Vienna to Rapid. In the 1985/86 season Feurer still played eleven times while Konsel came on 25 missions. His last championship game for the Green-Whites made ​​Funki also against the Admiralty on 13 August 1989 - this time away and with a 1:2 defeat. Three days later he was again in the Cup against SV Oberwart ran ( 3-0 win) and after that was the end of a great career.

The coach Feurer

When Hans Krankl 1989 coach of the Rapid learning was also Herbert Feurer came back as goalie coaches and together they went in the summer of 1992. VfB Mödling called and the Lower Austrian remained for two years in the south of Vienna. Ernst Dokupil brought him back in 1994 and a year later he experienced his second European Cup Final with his favorite club - this time as an assistant coach. In April 1998, it came to differences with the then coach Heribert Weber, whereupon Feurer left the club. As of the 2000 /01 season Herbert Feurer worked as a goalkeeper coach at Rapid Vienna again. He put the function on December 31, 2006 Back for health reasons.

Herbert Feurer also trained from 1993 to 2002, the keeper of the Austrian national team.

Others

Funki Feurer has been outstanding not only as a goalie, but feared to this day for its " Wuchteln ". In this spirit, there are also three of his books, which provide the best anecdotes about Rapid.

Stats & Achievements

• 289 league matches for Rapid
• 32 European Cup games
• 7 matches
• FIFA World Cup 1982
• 4 x Austrian Champion (1982, 1983, 1987, 1988)
• 4 x Austrian Cup winner (1983, 1984, 1985, 1987)
• Finals in the European Cup Winners' Cup (1985 )
• 2 x Austria's " Player of the Year" (1980, 1981)