Karl Stürmer

Karl Stürmer (9 October 1882 – 1943) was an Austrian professional footballer and manager.

Karl Stürmer

Personal information
Full name	Karl Stürmer
Date of birth	9 October 1882
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria–Hungary
Date of death	1943 (aged 60)
Place of death	Faenza, Italy
Position(s)	Defender, Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1898	First Vienna
1901–?	Wiener AC
National team
1903–1905	Austria	2	(0)
Teams managed
1918–1919	Wiener AC
1919–1920	Rudolfshügel
1920–1922	Reggiana
1922–1924	Torino
1924–1926	Reggiana
1926–1929	Prato
1929–1930	Torino
1931–1932	Alessandria
1932–1934	Lazio
1934	Massese
1934–1936	Livorno
1936–1937	Alessandria
1938–1939	Juventus (assistant coach)
1940–1941	Cremonese
1941–1942	Verona
1942–1943	Cesena
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 March 2010

Career

Footballer

As a footballer, he grew up in Wiener Cricket; then he played as full-back for First Vienna FC and as midfielder for Wiener AC.[1]

With Wiener AC won a Tagblatt Pokal in 1901.[2] He even played two matches with Austria national team.[3]

Coach

In 1918 Stürmer began a long career as manager in Austria and Italy.

He managed Reggiana and Prato in Divisione Nazionale and Torino, Alessandria, Lazio, Livorno and Juventus (as Virginio Rosetta assistant) in Serie A.[1][4]

Death

He died in 1943, shot by the Germans in Faenza, Italy.[5]

References

1. List of Austrian Players and Coaches in Italy before 1945
2. iffhs.de
3. Stats on eu-football.info
4. I grandi allenatori: Carlo Sturmer, on «Il Littoriale», 31 October 1935, p. 3, available on emeroteca.coni.it
5. Il salotto libery dei proletari (in Italian)