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{{Short description|Austrian footballer (1946–2025)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Hans Pirkner
| image = 
| full_name = Johann Pirkner
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|3|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Vienna]], [[Allied occupation of Austria|Austria]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|2|26|1946|3|25|df=yes}}
| death_place = 
| height = 1.80 m
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] 
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = SC Simmering
| youthyears2 = 
| youthclubs2 = [[Floridsdorfer AC]]
| years1 = 1966–1967
| clubs1 = [[Admira Energie]]
| caps1 = 4
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 1967–1968
| clubs2 = [[Austria Klagenfurt]]
| caps2 = 21
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 1968–1969
| clubs3 = [[Admira Energie]]
| caps3 = 15
| goals3 = 9
| years4 = 1969–1971
| clubs4 = [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
| caps4 = 47
| goals4 = 8
| years5 = 1971–1974
| clubs5 = [[DSV Leoben|Alpine Donawitz]]
| caps5 = 52
| goals5 = 31
| years6 = 1974–1978
| clubs6 = [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]]
| caps6 = 128
| goals6 = 62
| years7 = 1978–1980
| clubs7 = [[First Vienna FC]]
| caps7 = 49
| goals7 = 11
| totalcaps = 316 
| totalgoals = 124
| nationalyears1 = 1969–1978
| nationalteam1 = [[Austria national football team|Austria]]
| nationalcaps1 = 20
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| manageryears1 = 
| managerclubs1 =
}}

'''Johann''' "'''Hans'''" '''Pirkner''' (25 March 1946 – 26 February 2025) was an Austrian [[association football|football]]er who played as a [[forward (association football)|forward]].

==Club career==
Pirkner played for several clubs, including [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]] (1969–1971), [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]] (1974–1978) and [[First Vienna FC]]. When at Schalke, he was fined for two years due to his involvement in the 1971 ''[[Bundesliga scandal (1971)|Bundesliga scandal]]''. The ban was however lifted by the [[Austrian Football Association|ÖFB]] after a year. He ended his professional career after the 1978 World Cup Finals.

==International career==
Pirkner made his debut for [[Austria national football team|Austria]] in September 1969 against [[West Germany national football team|West Germany]] and was a participant at the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]],<ref>{{FIFA player|56325}}</ref> where he was the oldest squad member.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1978/squad_aut78.html | title = Austria's World Cup squad 1978 | publisher = Planet World Cup | access-date = 23 December 2012}}</ref> He earned 20 caps, scoring four goals.

==Death==
Pirkner died on 26 February 2025, at the age of 78.<ref>[https://kurier.at/sport/fussball/todesfall-hans-pikrner-johann-pirkner-austria-wien-oefb/403015564 Die Wiener Austria trauert um eine Klub-Legende] {{in lang|de}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''Austria Wien'''
* [[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Austrian Bundesliga]]: [[1975–76 Austrian Football Bundesliga|1975–76]], [[1977–78 Austrian Football Bundesliga|1977–78]]
* [[Austrian Cup]]: 1976–77

'''Individual'''
* Austrian Bundesliga top goalscorer: 1975–76<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.oberliga-a.at/fussball_a/torschutzen_a.htm | title = Österreichs Torschützenkönige | publisher = www.oberliga-a.at | access-date = 14 August 2008 | url-status = usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915044827/http://www.oberliga-a.at/fussball_a/torschutzen_a.htm |archive-date=September 15, 2007}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.austria-archiv.at/spieler.php?Spieler_ID=296 Hans Pirkner] at Austria Wien archive {{in lang|de}}
* {{NFT player|22102}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070728232655/http://www.fussballportal.de/index.php?kat=44 Hans Pirkner] at Fussballportal {{in lang|de}}

{{Austrian Football Bundesliga top scorers}}
{{Austria squad 1978 FIFA World Cup}}

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[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:2025 deaths]]
[[Category:Austrian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Vienna]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Austria men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1978 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players]]
[[Category:Bundesliga players]]
[[Category:Admira Wacker players]]
[[Category:FC Kärnten]]
[[Category:FC Schalke 04 players]]
[[Category:FK Austria Wien players]]
[[Category:DSV Leoben players]]
[[Category:First Vienna FC players]]
[[Category:Austrian expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Austrian expatriate sportspeople in West Germany]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany]]
[[Category:20th-century Austrian sportsmen]]


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