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{{short description|Austrian football player and manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name           = Max Merkel
|image          = Max Merkel, de trainer van Neurenberg, Bestanddeelnr 921-6907.jpg
|caption        = Merkel in 1968
|fullname       =
|birth_date     = {{birth date|1918|12|7|df=y}}
|birth_place    = [[Vienna]], [[Republic of German-Austria]]
|death_date     = {{death date and age|2006|11|28|1918|12|7|df=y}}
|death_place    = [[Putzbrunn]], Germany
|height         =
|position       = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
|currentclub    =
|clubnumber     =
|youthclubs1    =
|youthyears1    =
|years1         = 1936–1937
|clubs1         = [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]]
|caps1          = 1
|goals1         = 0
|years2         = 1937–1942
|clubs2         = [[Wiener Sport-Club|Wiener SC]]
|caps2          =
|goals2         =
|years3         = 1942–1944
|clubs3         = [[Luftwaffen SV Markersdorf]]
|caps3          =
|goals3         =
|years4         = 1945–1946
|clubs4         = [[Wiener Sport-Club|Wiener SC]]
|caps4          =
|goals4         =
|years5         = 1946–1954
|clubs5         = [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]]
|caps5          = 145
|goals5         = 7
|totalcaps      =
|totalgoals     =
|nationalyears1 = 1939
|nationalteam1  = [[Germany national football team|Germany]]
|nationalcaps1  = 1
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|nationalyears2 = 1952
|nationalteam2  = [[Austria national football team|Austria]]
|nationalcaps2  = 1
|nationalgoals2 = 0
|manageryears1  = 1954–1955
|managerclubs1  = [[HBS Craeyenhout (football club)|HBS Craeyenhout]]
|manageryears2  = 1955–1956
|managerclubs2  = [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]
|manageryears3  = 1956–1958
|managerclubs3  = [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rapidarchiv.at/trainer/merkel_max.html | title = Max MERKEL | language = de | website = rapidarchiv.at | access-date = 20 February 2022}}</ref>
|manageryears4  = 1958–1961
|managerclubs4  = [[Borussia Dortmund]]
|manageryears5  = 1961–1966
|managerclubs5  = [[TSV 1860 Munich]]
|manageryears6  = 1967–1969
|managerclubs6  = [[1. FC Nürnberg]]
|manageryears7  = 1969–1971
|managerclubs7  = [[Sevilla FC]]
|manageryears8  = 1971–1973
|managerclubs8  = [[Atlético Madrid]]
|manageryears9  = 1974–1975
|managerclubs9  = [[TSV 1860 Munich]]
|manageryears10 = 1975–1976
|managerclubs10 = [[FC Schalke 04]]
|manageryears11 = 1976–1977
|managerclubs11 = [[FC Augsburg]]
|manageryears12 = 1981–1982
|managerclubs12 = [[Karlsruher SC]]
|manageryears13 = 1983
|managerclubs13 = [[FC Zürich]]
}}
'''Max Merkel''' (7 December 1918 – 28 November 2006) was an Austrian [[association football|footballer]] who played international football for both [[Germany national football team|Germany]] and [[Austria national football team|Austria]] as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/merkel-intl.html|title=Max Merkel – International Appearances|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|access-date=27 June 2014}}</ref> At club level, he played for [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]], [[Wiener Sport-Club|Wiener SC]], and [[Luftwaffen SV Markersdorf]].<ref>{{NFT player|pid=24039|accessdate=27 June 2014}}</ref>

==Managerial honours==
'''Rapid Wien'''
* [[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Austrian League]]: [[1956–57 Austrian football championship|1956–57]]

'''1860 Munich'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/l/l7458.html|title=Merkel managerial career – BDFutbol | website = BDFutbol | access-date = 26 December 2019}}</ref>
* [[Bundesliga]]: [[1965–66 Bundesliga|1965–66]]
* [[DFB-Pokal]]: [[1963–64 DFB-Pokal|1963–64]]
* [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]]: Runners-up: [[1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup|1964–65]]

'''1. FC Nürnberg'''
* [[Bundesliga]]: [[1967–68 Bundesliga|1967–68]]

'''Atlético Madrid'''
* [[Copa del Rey|Copa del Generalísimo]]: [[1971–72 Copa del Generalísimo|1971–72]]
* [[La Liga|Spanish League]]: [[1972–73 La Liga|1972–73]]

==References==
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