Ladislav "Les" Scheinflug AM (born 1 October 1938) is a former professional soccer player and manager.[2] Born in Germany, he played for the Australia national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ladislav Scheinflug | ||
| Date of birth | 1 October 1938 | ||
| Place of birth | Bückeburg, Germany[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1968 | Sydney Prague | ||
| 1969 | Club Marconi | ||
| 1971 | Canterbury-Marrickville | ||
| International career | |||
| 1965–1968 | Australia | 6 | (4) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1969 | Marconi Fairfield | ||
| 1971 | Canterbury-Marrickville | ||
| 1972 | South Coast United | ||
| 1973 | Sydney Croatia | ||
| 1974 | Australia (assistant coach) | ||
| 1974–1975 | Western Suburbs | ||
| 1977 | Brisbane Lions SC | ||
| 1978 | Adelaide City | ||
| 1979–1986 | Marconi Fairfield | ||
| 1981–1984 | Australia | ||
| 1987–1990 | Blacktown City | ||
| 1990 | Australia | ||
| 1994 | Australia | ||
| 2002 | Fiji | ||
| 2004–2005 | Marconi Fairfield | ||
| 2006 | Sydney Olympic | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Biography
editArriving in Australia in the early 1950s he lived as a youth at Villawood Migrant Hostel and played for the hostel soccer team (Villawood Tigers) He was picked to play in the Southern Districts representative soccer team during these years
Between November 1965 and April 1968 Scheinflug played 6 full international matches for Australia, scoring four goals.
Before the 1974 World Cup he became assistant to head coach Rale Rasic of the national side. He later served himself on several occasions as head coach of the Socceroos as well as the under 17 and 20 sides.
In 1979 Les Scheinflug won the Australian Championship and in 1980 the Australian Cup, both with Marconi Fairfield. In 1979, he was voted Coach of the Year by the Australian Soccer Press Association.
In the 2000 Australia Day Honours he was awarded an AM (Member of the Order of Australia) for services to soccer as a national player and coach.[3]
Honours
edit- Australian Hall of Fame Inaugural Inductee
- Australian National Team Coach
- Australian Youth Team Coach
- 1979 NSL Coach of the Year
- New South Wales Representative Honours
- 1959 - Northern New South Wales
- 1965 - Torpedo Moscow, Chelsea
- Representative Honours
- 1959 - NSWSF XI v The Rest
- 1965 - Sydney XI v Torpedo (c), Sydney XI v Hapoel Tel Aviv
References
edit- ^ Australiens Amateurtruppe 1974: Schlosser, Maler und ein Milchmann (in German) at Der Spiegel.
- ^ OzFootball Profile
- ^ "Leslie Paul Scheinflug". It's An Honour. Retrieved 5 January 2021.