| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Engelbert Smutny | ||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1917 | ||
| Date of death | 31 October 1972 (aged 55) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1937-1941 | Favoritner AC | ||
| 1941-1947 | SK Rapid Wien | 63 | (3) |
| 1947-1952 | Wiener Sport-Club | ||
| 1952-1953 | Grazer AK | ||
| 1953-1954 | ESV Vorwärts Krems | ||
| 1954-1957 | Konsum | ||
| International career | |||
| 1946 | Austria | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1952 | Grazer AK | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Engelbert Smutny (* 19 March 1917; † 31 October 1972) was an Austrian football player and coach.
Smutny first joined the German Wehrmacht in August 1939, but was granted leave from the front. In 1941 he went from from Favoritner AC to SK Rapid Wien. There he celebrated his greatest successes as a player. In 1946 he won the Austrian league title and cup with Rapid. From 1947 to 1952 he played for Wiener Sport-Club. He finished his career with lower-league clubs.
Smutny played for the Gauauswahlmannschaft Donau-Alpenland team in the 1941/42 Reichsbund Cup competition . They lost 1-0 to the Lower Rhine regional selection team on 7 December 1942, at the Prater Stadium in Vienna.
In 1946, he played three international matches for the Austrian national team. He made his debut on 14 April in Vienna in a 3-2 victory over Hungary. On 5 May he lost 3-1 versus France in Paris. His last match was on 27 October in a 4-3 loss to Czechoslovakia in Vienna.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 1946 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |