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
References
- ^ 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.
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