Thomas Parits

Thomas Parits
Thomas Parits in 2013
Personal information
Full name Thomas Parits
Date of birth (1946-10-07) 7 October 1946
Place of birth Siegendorf, Austria
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1960-1964 SV Siegendorf
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964-1970 FK Austria Wien 141 (45)
1970-1971 1. FC Köln 29 (5)
1971-1974 Eintracht Frankfurt 74 (18)
1974-1977 Granada C.F. 82 (7)
1977-1979 FK Austria Wien 61 (37)
1979-1981 SK VÖEST Linz 45 (10)
International career
1966-1973 Austria 27 (5)
Managerial career
1982-1983 SC Neusiedl am See
1984-1985 FK Austria Wien
1986-1987 FK Austria Wien
1988-1990 VSE St. Pölten
1990-1991 Admira Wacker
2006-2015 FK Austria Wien (Sports director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Parits (born October 7, 1946 in Siegendorf, Austria) is a former Austrian football player and coach.

Career

In the summer of 1964 Thomas Parits got his first professional contract with FK Austria Wien. He scored his first official goal in a friendly against Slavia Prague in September 1964. However, Parits scored his first competitive goal in his thirteenth league appearance as an Austrian (in March 1965 against the Wiener Sportclub) [1]

Brought from Austria to 1. FC Köln by coach Ernst Ocwirk at the beginning of the 1970/71 season, he left the club a year later for Eintracht Frankfurt. He played there until 1974 and played a total of 103 Bundesliga games in which he scored 23 goals. In his last year he won the German Cup with Eintracht.

After his time in the German Bundesliga, he played for the Spanish club Granada CF, again for Austria Vienna (1977–79) and finally ended his active career at VOEST Linz. Parits scored 100 goals in 258 competitive games for Austria Wien.

International

Parits played 27 times for the Austrian national team. There he scored five goals. His first match was on 24 April 1966 versus USSR. His last match was on 10 October 1973 versus Germany. [2]

Manager

As a coach, he worked for SC Neusiedl am See, Austria Wien, VSE St. Pölten and Admira Wacker.

Honours

as player

̽Austrian Cupː 1967

Austrian championː 1969, 1970, 1978, 1979

DFB-Cupː1974

as manager

Austrian championː 1985 with FK Austria Wien

Champion 2nd leagueː 1988 with VSE St. Pölten

References