Career
He is of Carpathian German descent. He played 36 games and scored 22 goals for the Czechoslovakia national football team In the 1962 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup Scherer scored 3 goals, Czechoslovakia finished second.
He played for various clubs including Nîmes Olympique.
Rudolf now trains Barbentane football club, a city near Avignon. He will be remembered as a key player during the World Cup in 1962 when he scored the winning goal in the quarterfinal against Hungary and his late goal in the semifinal 3–1 derby against Yugoslavia.
They eventually lost against the Brazilian team in the final (3–1).
