SOCCER PLAYER

Matthias Sindelar

1903 - 1939

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Matthias Sindelar (German: [maˈtiːas ˈʃɪndəlaːɐ̯], Czech: Matěj Šindelář; 10 February 1903 – 23 January 1939) was an Austrian professional footballer. Regarded as one of the greatest Austrian players of all time, Sindelar notably played for Austria Vienna and the national side. He played as a centre-forward for the celebrated Austrian national side of the early 1930s that became known as the Wunderteam, which he captained at the 1934 World Cup. Known as "The Mozart of football" or Der Papierene ("The Paper Man") for his slight build, he was renowned as one of the finest pre-war footballers, known for his fantastic dribbling ability and creativity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matthias Sindelar is the 145th most popular soccer player (down from 105th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Czechia (down from 75th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Soccer Player.

Matthias Sindelar was a Czechoslovakian footballer who was the captain of the Czechoslovakia national team. He is most famous for scoring the first ever goal in the World Cup, which was in 1930.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Matthias Sindelar ranks 145 out of 21,273. Before him are Tostão, Jorge Jesus, Didier Deschamps, Ademir de Menezes, Yukio Tsuda, and Antonio Conte. After him are Masao Ono, Paulo Roberto Falcão, Carlos Queiroz, Ivica Osim, Jiro Miyake, and Usaburo Hidaka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Matthias Sindelar ranks 44. Before him are The French Angel, Alec Douglas-Home, Bing Crosby, Jiro Horikoshi, Haldan Keffer Hartline, and Igor Kurchatov. After him are Claudette Colbert, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Julius Fučík, Abul A'la Maududi, Eliot Ness, and Giulio Natta. Among people deceased in 1939, Matthias Sindelar ranks 20. Before him are Anton Makarenko, Edward Sapir, Karl Radek, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Douglas Fairbanks, and James Naismith. After him are Ferdinand von Lindemann, Antonio Machado, Anthony Fokker, Louis Wain, Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, and Otto Rank.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Matthias Sindelar ranks 101 out of 1,200. Before him are Christoph Schönborn (1945), Alois Senefelder (1771), Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849), Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1662), Pavel Nedvěd (1972), and Antonín Novotný (1904). After him are Anne of Bohemia (1366), František Kupka (1871), Agnes of Bohemia (1211), Julius Fučík (1903), Josef Mysliveček (1737), and Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Czechia

Among soccer players born in Czechia, Matthias Sindelar ranks 4. Before him are Antonín Panenka (1948), Josef Masopust (1931), and Pavel Nedvěd (1972). After him are Oldřich Nejedlý (1909), František Plánička (1904), Jan Koller (1973), Ivo Viktor (1942), Petr Čech (1982), Tomáš Rosický (1980), Antonín Puč (1907), and Sigfried Held (1942).

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