Les Scheinflug

AMPersonal informationFull name Ladislav ScheinflugDate of birth (1938-10-01) 1 October 1938 (age 85)Place of birth Bückeburg, Germany^[1]Position(s) Midfielder, strikerSenior career*Years Team Apps (Gls)1957–1968 Sydney Prague 1969 Club Marconi 1971 Canterbury-Marrickville International career1965–1968 Australia 6 (4)Managerial career1969 Marconi Fairfield1971 Canterbury-Marrickville1972 South Coast United1973 Sydney Croatia1974 Australia (assistant coach)1974–1975 Western Suburbs1977 Brisbane Lions SC1978 Adelaide City1979–1986 Marconi Fairfield1981–1984 Australia1987–1990 Blacktown City1990 Australia1994 Australia2002 Fiji2004–2005 Marconi Fairfield2006 Sydney Olympic *Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Biography

Arriving 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

• 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

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