| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 February 1888 | ||
| Place of birth | Vienna, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 16 June 1963 (aged 75) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Wiener AC | |||
| Wiener AF | |||
| Wiener Amateur SV | |||
| Wiener AC | |||
| Hungária FC | |||
| Wiener AC | |||
| International career | |||
| 1907–1912 | Austria | 6 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 19xx – 1924 | Hertha BSC | ||
| 1924–1925 | HŠK Građanski | ||
| First Vienna | |||
| 1926–1927 | FC Barcelona | ||
| 1927–1927 | KS Warszawianka | ||
| 1928–1930 | 1860 Munich | ||
| 1930–1931 | VfR Mannheim | ||
| 1931–1933 | Bayern Munich | ||
| 1933–1934 | FC Barcelona | ||
| 1934 | FC Basel | ||
| 1935–1939 | Feyenoord | ||
| FC Zurich | |||
| 1951–1952 | Feyenoord | ||
| 1954–1955 | EBOH | ||
| 1955–1956 | Feyenoord | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Richard Kohn (27 February 1888 – 16 June 1963) was an Austrian football player. Later he was coach of FC Bayern Munich, FC Barcelona and Feyenoord Rotterdam. He was of Jewish origin.
He played at the latest from 1907 to 1910, at Wiener AC. One of his highlights at WAC was when he scored the winning goal in May 1909, in a 2-1 win against English Premier League side Sunderland AFC.
He had six appearances for the Austria national football team (1907–1912) and scored two times.
In the 1920s, he managed Građanski Zagreb, Sportfreunde Stuttgart and Hertha BSC. He then went to First Vienna FC.He left for Barcelona from February 1926 to 1927. He afterwards left TSV 1860 Munich for VfR Mannheim for a year. He left for FC Bayern Munich. With them he won the German championship in a final victory against Eintracht Frankfurt.
After the Nazis rise to power the Kohn left Germany for the Grasshopper Club in Zurich, then for Barcelona. Later he went back to Switzerland. There he coached Basel. From 1935 to 1939, 1951 to 1952, and 1955 to 1956 he managed Feyenoord Rotterdam, winning two titles, in the 1935–36 and 1937–38 seasons.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | |||
| 1908 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1910 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1911 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1912 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 6 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 May 1908 | Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna, Austria-Hungary | 1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly | |
| 2 | 22 December 1912 | Stadio Comunale, Genoa, Kingdom of Italy | 6 | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) La Vanguardia, 10 February 1926