after his time with rapid he went to wuppertaler sv in germany. after the relegation of wuppertal he went on to switzerland playing for fc zürich. in winter 1959 he came back to austria to sv austria salzburg. the club paid 90 000 austrian schillings, which was the highest till this time. he shot 15 goals and the team could stay in the top league. during his time with salzburg he played his last match in the national football team. he was the first player of sv austria salzburg who ever played for the team.