Walter Skocik

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Walter Skocik
Skocik in 1981
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-09-06) 6 September 1940 (age 85)
Place of birth Schwechat, Nazi Germany
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1969 Rapid Wien 199 (33)
1969–1971 SV Wattens 60 (5)
1971–1973 Wacker Innsbruck 55 (3)
1973–1974 Fribourg
1974–1979 Casino Bregenz
Total 314 (41)
International career
1960–1967 Austria 14 (0)
Managerial career
1973–1974 Fribourg
1974–1979 Casino Bregenz
1979–1982 Rapid Wien
1982–1983 Las Palmas
1983–1984 AEL
1984–1986 PAOK
1986 Wiener Sport-Club
1986–1989 Al-Ittihad (Jeddah)
1990 Olympiacos Volos
1990–1991 Apollon Athens
1991 Ethnikos Piraeus
1993 Wacker Innsbruck
1993–1995 LASK Linz
1995–1996 Omonia Nicosia
1996–1997 Austria Wien
1997 Diagoras
1997–1998 VSE St. Pölten
1998–2000 First Vienna
2002–2003 Mannswörth
2005–2006 Diagoras Rodou
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Skocik (born 6 September 1940 in Schwechat) is an Austrian former international footballer and football manager.

Career

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Playing career

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Club career

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Skocik played as a midfielder and had a ten-year spell at Austrian giants Rapid Wien from 1959 to 1969, winning 4 Championships and 3 Cups.[1] He then played two seasons for SV Wattens and in the summer of 1971, the club merged with Wacker Innsbruck, also playing in Austrian first division, to form a single team called SpG Swarovski Wattens-Innsbruck (SSW Innsbruck) in order to focus the football power of Tyrol better. Over the next two years, Skocik added 2 Championships and 1 Cup in his honours as a footballer. Skocik also played for Fribourg in Switzerland and finished his career at Casino Bregenz in 1979.

International career

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Skocik had 14 caps for the Austria national team between 1960 and 1967.

Apps with Austria
Year Apps
1960 3
1963 1
1964 5
1966 4
1967 1
Total 14

Managerial career

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After his retirement as a football player, Skocik pursued a managerial career. In 1981–82 season, he was the manager of his beloved Rapid Wien for 26 league matches, however he was replaced for the remaining 10 matches by Rudolf Nuske who led the The Green-Whites to the league title. The next year, he coached Las Palmas for 27 matches in the 1982–83 La Liga. His most notable feat came when he arrived in Greece. In 1983–84 season, he led AEL to a 6th place finish in the Greek Championship and also reached the Greek Cup final, losing 2–0 to Panathinaikos.[2] His successful spell at AEL, drove the attention of PAOK president Giorgos Pantelakis who appointed Skocik to guide the first-team for the 1984–85 season. Although Pantelakis stepped down from the club's presidency, Skocik remained as manager and led PAOK to win their second league title in history.[3][4] Throughout his managerial career Skocik coached various teams like Wacker Innsbruck, LASK Linz, Austria Wien, Al-Ittihad (Jeddah), Omonia Nicosia, Apollon Athens, Olympiacos Volos, Ethnikos Piraeus and Diagoras.

Honours

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As a player

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Rapid Wien

Wacker Innsbruck

As a manager

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PAOK

References

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  1. ^ "Besonderer Geburtstag für Walter Skocik" [Special Birthday for Walter Skocik]. skrapid.at (in German). 5 September 2025. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  2. ^ "1983–84 Greek Cup final, Panathinaikos–AEL 2–0". vissini.gr (in Greek). 6 July 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  3. ^ "From controversy to coronation". paokfc.gr.
  4. ^ Kostis Botsaris (6 March 2019). "Σκότσικ: «Αξέχαστες οι αναμνήσεις που έχω από την θητεία μου στον ΠΑΟΚ»" [Skocik: "The memories I have from my time at PAOK are unforgettable"]. novasports.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 8 October 2025.
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