Henglebert Koenig was born in Vienna on October 8 1920.
Son of Englebert Koenig, manager of Milan and other Italian clubs in the 1930s and 40s, he started playing football in First Wien. In 1940 he signed for Fiorentina but only played a couple of games.
In 1941 he joined Catania in Serie C where he scored an impressive 18 goals in 23 games. This was good enough for Lazio, who signed him in the summer of 1942. He stayed for five years including the two war time local championships. He played a total of 103 games for Lazio (65 in Serie A, 25 in the war time league, 2 in Coppa Italia and 11 in various war time tournaments) scoring 79 goals (36 in Serie A, 30 in the war time league, two in Coppa Italia and 11 in various war time tournaments). He was a powerful player, very physical, who could play with both feet and was an excellent header of the ball.
In 1947 he signed for Sampdoria and stayed just a year before swapping sides of the city and joining Genoa. It was the first direct transfer between the two teams. He stayed with Genoa for two years before ending his career with Messina in Serie B.
He died in San José in Costa Rica on November 23 1997.
Lazio Career
Season | Total games (goals) | Serie A | Centre-South National Champ. | Post Centre-South Champ. | Coppa Italia | Roman Champ. | Other |
1942-43 | 21 (8) | 19 (6) | - | 2 (2) | - | ||
1943-44 | 14 (19) | - | - | - | 12 (16) | 2 (3) | |
1944-45 | 22 (22) | | | | 13 (14) | 9 (8) | |
1945-46 | 24 (18) | - | 18 (11) | 6 (7) | - | - | |
1946-47 | 22 (12) | 22 (12) | - | - | - | ||
Total | 103 (79) | 41 (18) | 18 (11) | 6 (7) | 2 (2) | 25 (30) | 11 (11) |
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