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Robert Merz
Austrian footballer
Robert Merz (25 November 1887 – 30 August 1914) was an Austrian amateur football (soccer) player. He died during World War I, aged 26.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Merz | ||
| Date of birth | (1887-11-25)25 November 1887 | ||
| Place of birth | Zizkow, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 30 August 1914(1914-08-30) (aged 26) | ||
| Place of death | Poturzyn, Russian Poland | ||
| Position(s) | striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1904–1907 | Wiener SV | ||
| 1907–1914 | DFC Prag | ||
| International career | |||
| 1908–1914 | Austria | 13 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Zizkow, Merz began playing youth football with a predecessor to Wiener Sport-Club (Wiener SV). He joined Wiener SV's senior side at age 16,[2] before becoming a professional with DFC Prag when he moved back to his hometown in 1907.[3]
He was a member of the Austrian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics[4] and played two matches in the main tournament as well as two matches in the consolation tournament.[5] He scored two goals against Germany in the first round of the main tournament.[6]
For the Austria national football team he played 13 games and scored 5 goals.
Merz was a reserve lieutenant in the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I.[3]
- "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- "Gegen die olympischen Spiele" (in German). Illustriertes Sportblatt. 18 September 1914.
- Almási-Szabò, Michael (19 November 2010). Von Dornbach in die ganze Welt: Die Geschichte des Wiener Sport-Clubs (in German). Vienna: Verlagshaus Hernals. ISBN 3950257780.
- "Robert Merz". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- "Robert Merz". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- Robert Merz at National-Football-Teams.com
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