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Andreas Lipa Personal information Full name Andreas Lipa Date of birth 26 April 1971 Place of birth Vienna, Austria Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Playing position Defender/Midfielder Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1990–1992 First Vienna 32 (5) 1992 LASK Linz 9 (0) 1993–1994 Austria Salzburg 13 (1) 1994–1997 Austria Lustenau 93 (4) 1997–2002 Grazer AK 106 (10) 2002–2003 Skoda Xanthi 14 (0) 2003–2004 Port Vale 32 (2) 2004–2006 Austria Lustenau 42 (0) 2006–2008 Wiener Sport-Club 2008–2009 SV Wienerberger Total 341+ (22+) National team 2000 Austria 1 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Andreas Lipa (born 26 April 1971 in Vienna) is a former Austrian international footballer. After a nineteen year career, some of it spent in England, most of it in Austria, he last played for SV Wienerberger in 2009.
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Playing career
Club career
Lipa began his professional career in 1990 with First Vienna. He signed for LASK Linz in 1992, before moving to Austria Salzburg a year later in 1993. Lipa then moved to Austria Lustenau in 1995, before signing with Grazer AK in 1997. He stayed with Grazer for five years, playing over 100 games, including numerous matches in the UEFA Cup.
In 2002 Lipa left Austrian football, after a trial with English club Portsmouth in January[1] he joined up with Greek side Skoda Xanthi.
In June 2003 he returned to England to sign with Port Vale.[2] During a 5-1 defeat to Plymouth Argyle at Vale Park on 18 October 2003 Lipa made a racist comment against Plymouth player Jason Bent. Lipa wrote a letter of apology to Bent and said "he wished he could turn the clock back", but was docked a week's wages.[3] Bent accepted the apology as Lipa claimed to have spoke "in the heat of the moment" and the club also issued a statement of apology, stating Lipa "is in no way racist".[4] Despite this he was still charged by the Football Association.[5] After a spell plagued with injuries he was released in November 2004,[6] returning to his native lands to play for Austria Lustenau.
He signed for Wiener Sport-Club in 2006 and moved to SV Wienerberger in summer 2008, despite being 37- an age beyond the retirement of most players. Despite being contracted to the club until 2010[7] he seems to have retired as of June 2009.
International career
Lipa made one substitute appearance for the Austrian national side in April 2000 against Croatia.
Honours
- Austrian Football Bundesliga (1):
- 1994
- Austrian Cup (2):
- 2000, 2002
Personal life
Lipa's English wife, Sarah Adams-Lipa, has publicly spoken out against the WAGs culture in British football.[8] Sarah Adams-Lipa has also appeared on the British TV programme 'Come Dine With Me', appearing on fourth week of programmes of the first series in 2005 and winning the £1,000 first prize.
References
- ^ "Pompey hand Austrian trial". BBC Sport. 24 January 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/1779961.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ "Vale net Lipa". BBC. 2003-06-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/2974890.stm. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
- ^ "Lipa sorry for racist slur". BBC Sport. 21 October 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/plymouth_argyle/3208424.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ "Apology over racist comment". BBC Sport. 21 October 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/3209796.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ "FA awaits Lipa response". BBC Sport. 18 November 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/3280997.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ "Lipa time with Vale comes to end". BBC Sport. 15 November 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/4014477.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ "Andreas Lipa". transfermarkt.de. http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/spieler/18122/andreas-lipa/profil.html. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ Giles Hattersley (2006-02-12). "Footballers' wives, the new model". London: The Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article729841.ece. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
External links
- Andreas Lipa career stats at Soccerbase
- Profile at PlayerHistory.com
- Profile at Weltfußball.de (German)
- BBC interview (June 2003)
Categories:- 1971 births
- Living people
- People from Vienna
- Austrian footballers
- Austria international footballers
- First Vienna FC players
- LASK Linz players
- FC Red Bull Salzburg players
- SC Austria Lustenau players
- Grazer AK players
- Austrian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Austrian expatriates in Greece
- Skoda Xanthi F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Austrian expatriates in England
- Port Vale F.C. players
- Wiener Sport-Club players
- SV Wienerberger players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- The Football League players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga (1):
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