Career
He ranks among Austria"s greatest football players of all time. Prohaska is currently working as a football pundit for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF). His nickname "Schneckerl", Viennese dialect for curly hair, derives from his curly haircut in his younger years.
A talented, combative midfielder, Prohaska played as a deep-lying playmaker, known for his precision passing.
Prohaska started his professional career in 1972 at the football club Austria Vienna. He returned to Austria Vienna in to finish his playing career.
Prohaska made his debut for Austria in a November 1974 friendly match against Turkey and was a participant at the 1978 and Fédération internationale de football association World Cups. He earned 83 caps, scoring 10 goals.
His final international was a June 1989 World Cup qualification match against Iceland, but he retired before the 1990 World Cup.
In 1989 Prohaska retired from playing. In 1993 he became manager of Austria"s national soccer team, qualifying as group winners for the 1998 World Cup in France. In 1999 he resigned after a disastrous 9–0 defeat to Spain.
From 1999 to 2000 he returned to managing Austria Vienna.
Working as a pundit for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation ORF, Prohaska suggested at the 2006 World Cup that referee Graham Poll"s famous yellow card blunder was a result of heavy alcohol consumption before the match. As a player As a manager.