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Ferdinand Wesely (30 May 1897 – 19 March 1949) was an Austrian footballer and coach. He was son of the shoemaker Jakob Wesely (d. 1918) and Antonie. As a first class seaman, he was assigned to the battleship SMS Zrínyi in August 1914 and served on various ships in the Navy throughout the First World War. As of 1929 he was married to the merchant's daughter Martha née Hörmann.
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Ferdinand Wesely (30 May 1897 – 19 March 1949) was an Austrian footballer and coach. He was son of the shoemaker Jakob Wesely (d. 1918) and Antonie. As a first class seaman, he was assigned to the battleship SMS Zrínyi in August 1914 and served on various ships in the Navy throughout the First World War. As of 1929 he was married to the merchant's daughter Martha née Hörmann.
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Club career The left winger began his career at Rennweger SV in 1912 and in 1920 he switched to Rapid, Austria's leading football club at the time. He played 11 years with the club and won Austrian Championship in 1920–21, 1922–23, 1928–29 and 1929–30. He won the Austrian Cup in the season 1926–27 and the Mitropa Cup in 1930. In summer 1931 Wesely moved to Switzerland and joined St. Gallen. During his time in St. Gallen he coached the Lustenau gymnastics association. Wesely joined FC Basel's first team for their 1932–33 season under head coach Karl Kurz. The two knew each other well from Vienna and had played together in the Austria national team. Two further Austrians were also in the squad, Otto Haftl and Josef Chloupek. After playing in four test games Wesley played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game at the Landhof on 28 August 1932. He also scored his first goal in the same game. In fact he scored a hat-trick as Basel won 6–3 against Etoile Carouge. Wesley scored his next goal in the next match as Basel won 3–2 against La Chaux-de-Fonds. In the return game against LCdF Wesley scored…
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International career From 1922 Wesley played regularly in the national team under coach Hugo Meisl. In the team, he shone especially in games against arch-rivals Hungary, against whom he scored 8 of his total 17 international goals.
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Sources Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage