Les Scheinflug


Ladislav 'Les' Scheinflug is a former football player and coach.

Biography

Arriving in Australia in the early 1950s he lived as a youth at Villawood Migrant Hostel and played for the hostel soccer team 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 becoming 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.

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