Franz Wohlfahrt (footballer)

Infobox Football biography
playername = Franz Wohlfahrt


fullname = Franz Bernhard Wohlfahrt
height = Height|m=1.90
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1964|7|1
cityofbirth = Sankt Veit an der Glan
countryofbirth = Austria
currentclub = retired
clubnumber =
position = goalkeeper
youthyears = 1972-1981
youthclubs = SV St.Veit
years = 1981-1996 1996-2000 2000-2002
clubs = Austria Wien VfB Stuttgart Austria Wien "career totals"
caps(goals) = 351 (0) 118 (0) 033 (0) "502 (0)"
nationalyears = 1987-2001
nationalteam = fb|Austria
nationalcaps(goals) = 059 (0)
manageryears =
managerclubs =
pcupdate = 3 September 2008
ntupdate = 3 September 2008

Franz Wohlfahrt (born July 1, 1964 in Sankt Veit an der Glan, Karnten) is a retired Austrian football player who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

He started his career at hometown outfit SV St.Veit, and turned professional at Austria Wien, where he almost spent 20 years winning 6 league titles and 4 domestic cups. In 1996 (aged 32) he finally moved abroad to German Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart but he returned to Austria after 4 seasons. He then finished his career at lower league team SC Untersiebenbrunn.

Incident at Ajax-Austria

On September 27th 1989, Wohlfahrt made the sports headlines when he was hit and injured by a bar, thrown by a home supporter at an Ajax Amsterdam-Austria Wien UEFA Cup match. Ajax subsequently was banned from European competition for a year. [ [http://www.volkskrant.nl/sport/article365094.ece/Het_staafincident,_een_zwarte_dag_voor_Ajax A black day for Ajax] - Volkskrant nl|icon]

International career

In 1983 Wohlfahrt was selected for the Austria U-20's to play at the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship [ [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=104/edition=191120/teams/team=1888244.html 1983 Austria U20 squad] - FIFA]

He made his debut for the senior Austria team in an August 1987 friendly match against Switzerland and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup [ [http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=60005/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] - FIFA] , where he was a reserve behind first choice-goalkeeper Michael Konsel. He earned 59 caps, no goals scored. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/oost-recintlp.html Appearances for Austrian National Team] - RSSSF] His final international was a November 2001 World Cup qualification match against Turkey, which Austria lost 0-5.

Honours

*Austrian Football Bundesliga (6):
** 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993
*Austrian Cup (4):
** 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994
*German Cup (1):
** 1997

External links

* [http://www.austria-archiv.at/spieler.php?Spieler_ID=37 Player profile] - Austria Archive
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=13224 Career stats] - National Football Teams

References