
A true world-class midfielder, renowned for his elegance and vision, who led Austria to a third-place finish at the 1954 World Cup and shone for Sampdoria. Career record: 62 caps and 6 goals for Austria; club career at Floridsdorfer AC, FK Austria Wien, U.C. Sampdoria.
One rank above: Matthias Sindelar at #1.
One rank below: David Alaba at #3.
Austria's editorial top five: Matthias Sindelar · Ernst Ocwirk · David Alaba · Hans Krankl · Ernst Happel.