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Günter Praschak
Personal information
Date of birth	September 12, 1929
Place of birth	Heidenreichstein, Austria
Date of death	4 April 2011 (aged 81)
Place of death	Salzburg,; Austria
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1943–1946	SV Hollabrunn
Senior career*
Years	Team
1946–1953	SAK 1914
1953–1955	LASK
1955–1958	SV Austria Salzburg
1958–1960	LASK
1960–1966	SV Austria Salzburg
Teams managed
1957	SV Austria Salzburg
1965–1969	SV Austria Salzburg
1970–1971	SK VOEST Linz
1973–1977	SV Austria Salzburg
1979–1981	SK VOEST Linz
1984–1987	Austria U23
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Günter Praschak (12 September 1929 – 4 April 2011) was a Austrian football player and coach.

Career

Günter Praschak went to school in Hollabrunn (Lower Austria) and played for the local club SV Hollabrunn. After the Second World War he came to Salzburg and played for SAK. He also played ice hockey. In 1953 he went to LASK. From 1955 to 1958 he played for SV Austria Salzburg. After a short time with LASK he came back to Austria and played there until 1966.^[1]

Managing career

In 1957 he was the player-coach of Austria Salzburg. From 1965 to 1969 and 1973 to 1975 he was coach of the team. In 1970-71 and 1979-81 he was coach of SK VOEST Linz, also serving as technical manager. From 1984 to 1987 he was coach of the Austrian U23 national football team.^[2]

As manager of Austria Salzburg he brought Karl Kodat, Horst Hirnschrodt or Peter Grosser to Salzburg. He also was very much engaged in the plans for a new stadium in Lehen, which was finally opend in 1971. It was the homeground of Austria Salzburg until the opening of the EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim in 2003.