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Erich Probst (5 December 1927 – 16 March 1988) was an Austrian footballer who played as a striker.

International career

Probst made his debut for Austria in a May 1951 friendly match against Scotland and was a participant at the 1954 FIFA World Cup tournament [1] 1954 in Switzerland, where he was one of the foremost strikers. Austria reached third place and Probst ended second in the scorer list with six goals, behind the Hungarian Sandor Kocsis and jointly with Max Morlock of Germany and the Swiss Josef Hügi.

Probst earned 19 caps, scoring 18 goals.[2] His final international was a March 1960 European Championship qualification match against France.

Honours

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 27 September 1953 Vienna, Austria  Portugal 2–0 9–1 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 3–0
3. 4–0
4. 5–0
5. 7–1
6. 30 May 1954  Norway 3–0 5–0 Friendly
7. 4–0
8. 16 June 1954 Zürich, Switzerland  Scotland 1–0 1–0 1954 FIFA World Cup
9. 19 June 1954  Czechoslovakia 2–0 5–0
10. 3–0
11. 4–0
12. 26 June 1954 Lausanne, Switzerland   Switzerland 7–5 7–5
13. 30 June 1954 Basel, Switzerland  West Germany 1–2 1–6
14. 27 March 1955 Brno, Czechoslovakia  Czechoslovakia 1–2 2–3 1955–60 Central European International Cup
15. 24 April 1955 Vienna, Austria  Hungary 1–1 2–2
16. 2–2
17. 1 May 1955 Bern, Switzerland   Switzerland 3–2 3–2
18. 27 March 1960 Vienna, Austria  France 2–2 2–4 1960 European Nations’ Cup quarter-finals

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