Helmut Senekowitsch

He played for several clubs, including SK Sturm Graz, Real Betis and FC Wacker Innsbruck.

He played for the Austria national football team and was a participant at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

He later worked as a coach, one of his major achievements was helping Austria qualify for the 1978 FIFA World Cup, the first time Austria had qualified for the World Cup in twenty years.

The Austrian team advanced to the second round in whose first match they fell 1–5 against Netherlands being coached by former international teammate Ernst Happel.

Later he led them during the game dubbed The miracle of Córdoba, against arch-rivals West Germany, which the Austrians won 3–2.

Austria national football team in 1958 with the following players – from left to right, standing; Walter Horak , Ernst Happel , Karl Koller , Alfred Körner , Paul Halla , Walter Schleger ; crouched: Helmut Senekowitsch, Gerhard Hanappi , Rudolf Szanwald , Franz Swoboda and Johann Buzek .