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{{Short description|Austrian footballer and coach (1911–1989)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Franz Binder
| image = 
| full_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|12|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[St. Pölten]], [[Austria-Hungary]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|4|24|1911|12|1|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]
| height = 1.90 m
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1930–1948
| clubs1 = [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]]
| caps1 = 757
| goals1 = 1006<ref>Bican-Pět Tisíc Gólů (in Czech). 1971. p. 33</ref>
| nationalyears1 = 1933–1947
| nationalteam1 = [[Austria national football team|Austria]]
| nationalcaps1 = 19
| nationalgoals1 = 16
| nationalyears2 = 1939–1941
| nationalteam2 = [[Germany national football team|Germany]]
| nationalcaps2 = 9
| nationalgoals2 = 10
| manageryears1 = 1949–1951
| managerclubs1 = [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]]
| manageryears2 = 1952–1954
| managerclubs2 = [[SSV Jahn Regensburg|Jahn Regensburg]]
| manageryears3 = 1954–1955
| managerclubs3 = [[1. FC Nürnberg]]
| manageryears4 = 1960–1962
| managerclubs4 = [[PSV Eindhoven]]
| manageryears5 = 1962–1966
| managerclubs5 = [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]]
| manageryears6 = 1969–1970
| managerclubs6 = [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]]
| manageryears7 = 1975–1976
| managerclubs7 = [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]]
| manageryears8 = 
| managerclubs8 = [[SW Bregenz]]
| manageryears9 = 
| managerclubs9 = [[FC Kufstein]]
}}

'''Franz''' "'''Bimbo'''" '''Binder''' (1 December 1911 – 24 April 1989) was an Austrian [[association football|football]] player and coach who played as a [[forward (association football)|forward]]. Internationally he represented the [[Austria national football team|Austria national team]] and, during the [[Anschluss]], the [[Germany national football team|Germany national team]].<ref name=RSSSF>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/binder-intlg.html|title=Franz Binder - International Goals|date=1 October 2015|website=[[RSSSF]]|accessdate=14 June 2022}}</ref> He played internationally immediately following the Austrian "[[Wunderteam]]" of 1931-32.<ref>https://breakingthelines.com/historical/the-austrian-wunderteam-the-greatest-team-you-dont-know-about/</ref>

He is the all time leading scorer of Rapid Wien with 1006 goals in 757 games and regarded as one of the greatest Austrian players of all times.<ref>{{cite web |url =https://www.fifa.com/news/rapid-110-glorious-years-989081|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20210411210419/https://www.fifa.com/news/rapid-110-glorious-years-989081|url-status =dead|archive-date =11 April 2021|title = FIFA : Rapid's 110 glorious years |access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Bican-Pět Tisíc Gólů|date=1971|page=33|language=cs}}</ref> In his whole career he would score 1202 goals in 831 matches. With an average-score of 1.44 goals per match, he is among the most prolific scorers in football history. Binder is one of only a few players to score more than 1200 goals in his professional career alongside [[Lajos Tichy]], [[Josef Bican]], [[Gerd Müller]], [[Ferenc Puskás]], [[Ferenc Deák (footballer)|Ferenc Deák]], [[Erwin Helmchen]] and [[Pelé]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/prolific.html | title=Best Goalscorers All-Time (All Matches) | website=RSSSF | date=13 January 2022 | access-date=25 February 2022 | first=Vladimir | last=Kolos}}</ref>

==Club career==
Binder came from a family of labourers. He had nine siblings. When he was 15 years old he played football for the first team of [[SKN St. Pölten|Sturm 19 St. Pölten]].<ref>{{cite web |url =https://androom.home.xs4all.nl/biography/p014861.htm|title = Binder, Franz "Bimbo"|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> 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 the Austrian league. In 1941 he also won the German championship with a 4–3 victory against [[Schalke 04]], where he scored three goals. From 1930 to 1937, Binder scored more than 700 goals for [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]], including the reserves;
*1930 − First team − 3 goals in 2 games. Reserve team − 14 goals in 9 games. Total − 17 games 11 goals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi−content/anno?aid=wst&datum=19301217&query=%22Franz%22+%22Binder%22&ref=anno−search&seite=2|title=ANNO, (Wiener) Sporttagblatt, 1930−12−17, Seite 2|website=anno.onb.ac.at|accessdate=11 March 2023}}</ref>
*1931 − First team − 19 goals in 14 games. Reserve team 54 goals in 23 games. Total − 73 goals 37 games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi−content/anno?aid=wst&datum=19311216&query=%22Josef%22+%22Bican%22&ref=anno−search&seite=2|title=ANNO, (Wiener) Sporttagblatt, 1931−12−16, Seite 2|website=anno.onb.ac.at|accessdate=11 March 2023}}</ref>
*1932 − First team − 62 goals in 48 games. Reserve team − 41 goals in 12 games. Total − 103 goals in 60 games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi−content/anno?aid=wst&datum=19321209&query=%22Josef%22+%22Bican%22&ref=anno−search&seite=3|title=ANNO, (Wiener) Sporttagblatt, 1932−12−09, Seite 3|website=anno.onb.ac.at|accessdate=11 March 2023}}</ref>
*1933 − First team − 104 goals in 68 games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi−content/anno?aid=wst&datum=19331206&seite=1&zoom=33&query=%22Binder%22&ref=anno−search|title=ANNO, (Wiener) Sporttagblatt, 1933−12−06, Seite 1|website=anno.onb.ac.at|accessdate=11 March 2023}}</ref>
*1934 − First team − 93 goals in 56 games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi−content/anno?aid=wst&datum=19341213&query=%22Josef%22+%22Bican%22&ref=anno−search&seite=1|title=ANNO, (Wiener) Sporttagblatt, 1934−12−13, Seite 1|website=anno.onb.ac.at|accessdate=11 March 2023}}</ref>
*1935 – First team − 95 goals in 58 games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi−content/anno?aid=wst&datum=19351211&query=%22Binder%22&ref=anno−search&seite=1|title=ANNO, (Wiener) Sporttagblatt, 1935−12−11, Seite 1|website=anno.onb.ac.at|accessdate=11 March 2023}}</ref>
*1936 − First team − 93 goals in 61 games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi−content/anno?aid=wst&datum=19361210&query=%22Binder%22&ref=anno−search&seite=2|title=ANNO, (Wiener) Sporttagblatt, 1936−12−10, Seite 2|website=anno.onb.ac.at|accessdate=11 March 2023}}</ref>
*1937 − First team − 122 goals in 72 games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi−content/anno?aid=wst&datum=19371215&seite=1&zoom=33&query=%22Binder%22&ref=anno−search|title=ANNO, (Wiener) Sporttagblatt, 1937−12−15, Seite 1|website=anno.onb.ac.at|accessdate=11 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi−content/anno?aid=wst&datum=19371215&seite=2&zoom=33&query=%22Binder%22&ref=anno−search|title=ANNO, (Wiener) Sporttagblatt, 1937−12−15, Seite 2|website=anno.onb.ac.at|accessdate=11 March 2023}}</ref>
*Total Reserve − 109 goals in 44 games.
*Total First team − 591 goals in 378 games.
*Total [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]], 1930−1937 − 700 goals in 422 games with a ratio of 1.65 goals per game.

==International career==
Binder was a very prolific goal scorer for both club and country, scoring 16 goals in 19 international matches for [[Austria national football team|Austria]], and later 10 goals in just 9 matches for [[Germany national football team|Germany]].<ref name=RSSSF/> He made his international debut on 11 June 1933 in a [[Exhibition game|friendly]] against [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]], scoring twice in a 4-1 win.<ref name=EU>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=1945|title=Franz Binder|publisher=EU-football.info|accessdate=14 June 2022}}</ref> In 1934, he scored a goal against both [[Italy national football team|Italy]] and [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]], the [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934 World Cup]] champions and runner-ups respectively. In January 1936, he scored a goal against both Iberian teams, [[Spain national football team|Spain]] and [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]], in 5-4 and 3-2 wins respectively. In 1937, he scored winners against [[France national football team|France]] and [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]] (both 2-1 victories), with the latter being the most important as it assured Austria a ticket to the [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6000|title=Austria vs Latvia, 5 October 1937, World Cup qualification|publisher=EU-football.info|accessdate=14 June 2022}}</ref>

His debut with Germany was remarkably similar to Austria's, as he scored against Belgium in a 4-1 win again. He then scored two back-to-back hat-tricks against [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Bohemia and Moravia]] and the then World Champions Italy, with the former salvaging his side a 4-4 draw while the latter helped to a 5-2 win.<ref name=EU/> In the following year he scored two more goals against Italy in a 3-2 win at the [[San Siro]], which were the last he scored for Germany. After an 8-year hiatus, he returned to an Austria line-up in 1945, and despite being in his late 30s he still managed to score a further 5 goals for Austria before retiring from international football.<ref name=RSSSF/>

==Managerial career==
After retirement from playing he became a football coach, of teams such as [[SSV Jahn Regensburg|Jahn Regensburg]], [[PSV Eindhoven]], [[1. FC Nürnberg]], [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]] and Rapid Wien.

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="2"|[[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Austrian First League]]
!colspan="2"|[[German football championship]]
!colspan="2"|National cup
!colspan="2"|[[Mitropa Cup]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
|-
|rowspan="20"|[[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]]
|[[1930–31 Austrian football championship|1930–31]]
|1||2||0||0||2||0||0||0||3||2
|-
|[[1931–32 Austrian football championship|1931–32]]
|8||6||0||0||2||6||0||0||10||12
|-
|[[1932–33 Austrian football championship|1932–33]]
|20||25||0||0||2||7||0||0||22||32
|-
|[[1933–34 Austrian football championship|1933–34]]
|22||20||0||0||5||7||4||6||31||33
|-
|[[1934–35 Austrian football championship|1934–35]]
|21||21||0||0||6||13||2||1||29||35
|-
|[[1935–36 Austrian football championship|1935–36]]
|20||17||0||0||2||4||2||3||24||24
|-
|[[1936–37 Austrian football championship|1936–37]]
|22||29||0||0||4||8||0||0||26||37
|-
|[[1937–38 Austrian football championship|1937–38]]
|17||22||0||0||1||0||0||0||18||22
|-
|[[1938–39 Gauliga Ostmark|1938–39]]
|17||27||0||0||4||4||0||0||21||31
|-
|[[1939–40 Gauliga Ostmark|1939–40]]
|13||18||9||14||7||18||0||0||29||50
|-
|[[1940–41 Gauliga Ostmark|1940–41]]
|18||27||8||11||5||6||0||0||31||44
|-
|[[1941–42 Gauliga Donau-Alpenland|1941–42]]
|8||6||0||0||2||5||0||0||10||11
|-
|[[1942–43 Gauliga Donau-Alpenland|1942–43]]
|1||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||1
|-
|[[1943–44 Gauliga Donau-Alpenland|1943–44]]
|2||4||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||4
|-
|[[1944–45 Gauliga Donau-Alpenland|1944–45]]
| 0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0
|-
|[[1945–46 Austrian football championship|1945–46]]
|13||17||0||0||3||7||0||0||16||24
|-
|[[1946–47 Austrian football championship|1946–47]]
|15||12||0||0||2||4||0||0||17||16
|-
|[[1947–48 Austrian football championship|1947–48]]
|17||11||0||0||3||2||0||0||20||13
|-
|[[1948–49 Austrian football championship|1948–49]]
|6||2||0||0||1||2||0||0||7||4
|-
!|Total
!241!!267!!17!!25!!52!!93!!8!!10!!318!!395
|}

===International===
:''Scores and results list Austria's and Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Binder goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Franz Binder<ref name=RSSSF/><ref name=EU/>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
!colspan="7"|Austria goals
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1
| rowspan="2"|11 June 1933 || rowspan="2"|[[Praterstadion]], [[Vienna]], Austria || rowspan="2"|{{fb|BEL}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–1|| rowspan="2"|[[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2
| style="text-align:center"|4–1
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3
| 11 February 1934 || [[Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino|Stadio Municipale Benito Mussolini]], [[Turin]], Italy || {{fb|ITA|1861}} || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || style="text-align:center"|4–2|| [[1933–35 Central European International Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4
| 23 September 1934 || Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria || {{fb|TCH}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || 1933–35 Central European International Cup
|-
| style="text-align:center"|5
| 19 January 1936 || [[Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid|Estadio Metropolitano]], [[Madrid]], Spain || {{fb|ESP}} || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || style="text-align:center"|5–4 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|6
| 26 January 1936 || [[Estádio do Lima]], [[Porto]], Portugal || {{fb|POR}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–2 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|7
| 27 September 1936 || [[Stadion Albert Flórián|Üllői úti stadion]], [[Budapest]], Hungary || {{fb|HUN|1861}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–5 || [[1936–38 Central European International Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|8
| rowspan="2"|8 November 1936 || rowspan="2"|[[Hardturm]], [[Zürich]], Switzerland || rowspan="2"|{{fb|SWI}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–1 || rowspan="2"|1936–38 Central European International Cup
|-
| style="text-align:center"|9
| style="text-align:center"|3–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"|10
| 24 January 1937 || [[Parc des Princes]], [[Paris]], France || {{fb|FRA}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|11
| 5 October 1937 || Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria || {{fb|LAT}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || [[1938 FIFA World Cup qualification#Group 8|1938 World Cup qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|12
| rowspan="2"|27 October 1946 || rowspan="2"|Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria || rowspan="2"|{{fb|TCH}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || rowspan="2"style="text-align:center"|3–4 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|13
| style="text-align:center"|2–1
|-
| style="text-align:center"|14
| rowspan="2"|14 September 1947 || rowspan="2"|Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria || rowspan="2"|{{fb|HUN}} || style="text-align:center"|3–3 || rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|4–3 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|15
| style="text-align:center"|4–3
|-
| style="text-align:center"|16
| 5 October 1947 || [[Stadion Letná]], [[Prague]], Czechoslovakia || {{fb|TCH}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–3 || Friendly
|-
!colspan="7"|Germany goals
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1
| 29 January 1939 || [[King Baudouin Stadium|Stade du Centenaire]], [[Brussels]], Belgium || {{fb|BEL}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|4–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2
| rowspan="3"|12 November 1939 || rowspan="3"|[[Stadion Olimpijski (Wrocław)|Stadion Olimpijski]], [[Wrocław]], Poland || rowspan="3"|{{fb|Bohemia and Moravia}} || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|4–4 || rowspan="3"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3
| style="text-align:center"|2–3
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4
| style="text-align:center"|3–4
|-
| style="text-align:center"|5
| rowspan="3"|26 November 1939 || rowspan="3"|[[Olympiastadion (Berlin)|Olympiastadion]], [[Berlin]], Germany || rowspan="3"|{{fb|ITA|1861}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|5–2 || rowspan="3"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|6
| style="text-align:center"|2–2
|-
| style="text-align:center"|7
| style="text-align:center"|5–2
|-
| style="text-align:center"|8
| 7 April 1940 || Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany || {{fb|HUN}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|9
| rowspan="2"|5 May 1940 || rowspan="2"|[[San Siro]], [[Milan]], Italy || rowspan="2"|{{fb|ITA|1861}} || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–3 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|10
| style="text-align:center"|2–2
|}

==Honours==
===Player===
'''Rapid Wien'''
* [[Austrian Football Bundesliga]]: [[1934–35 Austrian football championship|1934–35]], [[1937–38 Austrian football championship|1937–38]], [[1945–46 Austrian football championship|1945–46]], [[1947–48 Austrian football championship|1947–48]]
* [[History of German football#German football under the Third Reich|Great Germany Gauliga]]: 1940, 1941
* [[Austrian Cup|Wiener Cup]]: 1945–46
* [[DFB-Pokal]]: [[1938 Tschammerpokal|1938]]

'''Individual'''
*Austrian Bundesliga top goalscorer: 1933, 1937, 1938<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oberliga-a.at/fussball_a/torschutzen_a.htm |title=Österreichs Torschützenkönige |publisher=www.oberliga-a.at |access-date=21 June 2008 |language=de |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915044827/http://www.oberliga-a.at/fussball_a/torschutzen_a.htm |archive-date=15 September 2007 }}</ref>
*Gauliga Top Goalscorer: 1939, 1940, 1941

==See also==
* [[List of footballers with 500 or more goals|List of men's footballers with 500 or more goals]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://rapidarchiv.at/spieler/binder_franz.html Franz Binder] at Rapidarchiv {{in lang|de}}
* {{NFT player|17063}}
* {{WorldFootball.net|franz-binder}}

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