Ferdinand Feldhofer

Infobox Football biography
playername = Ferdinand Feldhofer


fullname = Ferdinand Feldhofer
nickname =
height = Height|m=1.84
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|10|23
cityofbirth = Vorau
countryofbirth = Austria
currentclub = Sturm Graz
clubnumber = 5
position = defender
youthyears =
youthclubs = USV Riegersberg TuS Vorau TSV Pöllau
years = 1998-2002 2002-2005 2005-2008 2008-present
clubs = Sturm Graz SK Rapid Wien Fußballclub Wacker Innsbruck Sturm Graz
caps(goals) = 32 (1) 80 (5) 77 (4) 0 (0)
nationalyears = 2002-2007
nationalteam = fb|Austria
nationalcaps(goals) = 13 (1)
manageryears =
managerclubs =
pcupdate = 27 June 2008
ntupdate = 27 June 2008

Ferdinand Feldhofer (born October 23, 1979) is an Austrian football player, who currently plays as a defender for Sturm Graz.

Club career

Feldhofer started his career as a youth player with USV Riegersberg, TuS Vorau and TSV Pöllau in Styria before joining Sturm Graz with whom he won the double in 1999. He moved on a free to Rapid Wien in 2002, after refusing to extend his deal with Sturm and making the way to court because he was subsequently put back in Sturm's amateur side. He clinched another league title with Rapid in 2005 and then left to become skipper of FC Wacker Innsbruck. In summer 2008 he decided to return to Sturm.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in a March 2002 friendly match against Slovakia and went on to earn 13 caps, scoring 1 goal. His last international was a March 2007 friendly match against Ghana. He was not considered for Austria's Euro 2008 squad.

Honours

*Austrian Football Bundesliga (2):
** 1999, 2005
*Austrian Cup (1):
** 1999

External links

* [http://www.sksturm.at/ Player profile] - SK Sturm
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=495 Career stats] - National Football Teams
* [http://rapidarchiv.at/spieler/feldhofer_ferdinand.html Player stats] - Rapid Archiv
* [http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/spieler/2934/ferdinandfeldhofer/profil.html Profile] - Transfermarkt
* [http://www.gfdb.com/Player.9699.Ferdinand-Feldhofer.aspx gfdb.com Profile] - GFDB