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Full name | Walter Zeman | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | May 1, 1927 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Austria | |||||||||||||
Date of death | August 8, 1991 64) | (aged|||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
Wienerberg | ||||||||||||||
Vienna | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1942–1944 | FC Wien | |||||||||||||
1945–1961 | SK Rapid Wien | 235 | (0) | |||||||||||
1961–1962 | SAK 1914 | |||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1945–1960 | Austria | 41 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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