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{{Short description|Austrian footballer (born 1955)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Herbert Prohaska
| image = 20180602 FIFA Friendly Match Austria vs. Germany Herbert Prohaska 850 0545.jpg
| caption = Prohaska in 2018
| fullname = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|8|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Vienna]], Austria
| height = 1.80 m
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = Vorwärts XI
| youthyears2 = 1970–1972
| youthclubs2 = Ostbahn XI
| years1 = 1972–1980
| clubs1 = [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Vienna]]
| caps1 = 259
| goals1 = 62
| years2 = 1980–1982
| clubs2 = [[Inter Milan]]
| caps2 = 56
| goals2 = 8
| years3 = 1982–1983
| clubs3 = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
| caps3 = 26
| goals3 = 3
| years4 = 1983–1989
| clubs4 = [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Vienna]]
| caps4 = 194
| goals4 = 35
| totalcaps = 535
| totalgoals = 108
| nationalyears1 = 1974–1989
| nationalteam1 = [[Austria national football team|Austria]]
| nationalcaps1 = 83
| nationalgoals1 = 10
| manageryears1 = 1990–1992
| managerclubs1 = [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Vienna]]
| manageryears2 = 1993–1999
| managerclubs2 = [[Austria national football team|Austria]]
| manageryears3 = 1999–2000
| managerclubs3 = [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Vienna]]
}}

'''Herbert Prohaska''' ({{IPA|de|ˈhɛʁbɛʁt pʁoˈhaska, - ˈpʁɔhaska}};<ref>{{cite book|author1=Dudenredaktion|last2=Kleiner|first2=Stefan|last3=Knöbl|first3=Ralf|year=2015|orig-year=First published 1962|title=Das Aussprachewörterbuch|trans-title=The Pronunciation Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T6vWCgAAQBAJ|language=de|edition=7th|location=Berlin|publisher=Dudenverlag|isbn=978-3-411-04067-4|pages=439, 704}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Krech|first1=Eva-Maria|last2=Stock|first2=Eberhard|last3=Hirschfeld|first3=Ursula|last4=Anders|first4=Lutz Christian|title=Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch|trans-title=German Pronunciation Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E-1tr_oVkW4C&q=deutsches+ausspracheworterbuch|language=de|year=2009|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|location=Berlin|isbn=978-3-11-018202-6|pages=578, 844}}</ref> born 8 August 1955) is an Austrian former professional [[association football|footballer]]. He ranks among Austria's greatest football players of all time. Prohaska works as a football pundit for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation ([[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]]). His nickname "Schneckerl", [[Viennese German|Viennese dialect]] for curly hair, derives from his curly haircut in his younger years. A talented, elegant, and combative [[midfielder]], Prohaska played as a [[Midfielder#Deep-lying playmaker (Strolling 10)|deep-lying]] [[playmaker]], and was known for his technique, intelligence, and precise passing.<ref name="storiedicalcio">{{cite web |url=https://storiedicalcio.altervista.org/blog/roma_scudetto_1982_83.html |title=Roma 1982/83: Cuore Giallorosso |publisher=Storie di Calcio |language=it |access-date=22 September 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,20/articleid,1027_01_1983_0109_0028_14347758/ |title=Vierchowod uomo in più, Nappy jolly |publisher=La Stampa |page=20 |language=it |date=10 May 1983 |access-date=22 September 2018 }}</ref>

==Club career==
Born in [[Vienna]], Austria, Prohaska started his professional career in 1972 at the football club [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Vienna]]. By 1980 he had helped his club to win four [[Austrian football championship|Austrian league titles]] and three [[Austrian Cup]] wins. In 1980, he joined [[Inter Milan]], and won the [[Italian Cup]] in his second season with the ''[[nerazzurri]]''. In 1982, he moved to [[A.S. Roma]], where he won the [[Scudetto|Italian championship]] in his first year.<ref name="storiedicalcio"/> He returned to Austria Vienna in 1983 to finish his playing career.

==International career==
Prohaska made his debut for [[Austria national football team|Austria]] in a November 1974 friendly match against [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] and was a participant at the [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]] and [[1982 FIFA World Cup]]s.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080529193043/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=174881/index.html FIFA Player Statistics – Herbert Prohaska] FIFA.com</ref> He earned 83 caps, scoring 10 goals.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/oost-recintlp.html Appearances for Austrian National Team] RSSSF</ref> His final international was a June 1989 World Cup qualification match against [[Iceland national football team|Iceland]], but he retired before the [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990 World Cup]], while Austria qualified for the tournament.

==Managerial career==
In 1989 Prohaska retired from playing. Shortly after his retirement he worked as a coach at Austria Vienna, where he won two Austrian League titles and two Austrian Cups.

In 1993, he became manager of the [[Austria national football team|Austria national team]], qualifying as group winners for the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998 World Cup]] in France. In 1999, he resigned after a disastrous 9–0 defeat to [[Spain national football team|Spain]]. From 1999 to 2000 he returned to managing Austria Vienna.

==Awards==
In November 2003, Prohaska was selected as the [[UEFA Jubilee Awards|Golden Player]] of Austria by the [[Austrian Football Association]] as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110213034812/http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=130150.html Golden Players take centre stage] UEFA.com, 29 November 2003</ref> In August 2004, he was voted the Austrian Footballer of the Century as the Austrian Football Association celebrated its 100th anniversary.<ref>[https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01a0-0f8ee04dac08-09201f93bd60-1000--prohaska-honoured-in-austria/ Prohaska honoured in Austria] UEFA.com, 18 August 2004</ref>

[[File:20130814 AT-GR Herbert Prohaska 2342.jpg|thumb|Prohaska working for the ORF in 2013]]

==Media work==
Working as a pundit for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]], Prohaska suggested at the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]] that referee [[Graham Poll]]'s famous yellow card blunder<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/5108722.stm Ref Poll sent home from World Cup] BBC Sport, 28 June 2006</ref> was a result of heavy alcohol consumption before the match.

==Honours==

===As a player===
* [[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Austrian Bundesliga]] (7): 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986
* [[Austrian Cup]]: 1974, 1977, 1980, 1986
* [[Scudetto|Italian Serie A Championship]]: 1983
* [[Italian Cup]]: 1982

'''Individual'''
* Austrian Player of the Year (Krone-Fußballerwahl): 1975, 1985
* Austrian Player of the Year (APA-Fußballerwahl): 1984, 1985, 1988
* [[UEFA Jubilee Awards]] (Austria's Golden Player): 2004

===As a manager===
* [[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Austrian Bundesliga]]: 1991, 1992
* [[Austrian Cup]]: 1990, 1992
* Austrian Manager of the Year (Krone-Fußballerwahl): 1997

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121014002244/http://www.austria-archiv.at/spieler.php?Spieler_ID=126 Player profile – Herbert Prohaska] Austria Archive
* {{NFT player|17328}}

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