Gerd Wimmer

Gerd Wimmer
Personal information
Full name	Gerd Wimmer
Date of birth	January 9, 1977 (age 48)
Place of birth	Laa an der Thaya, Austria
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	FC Laa an der Thaya
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994	SCN Admira Wacker
1995	Sturm Graz
1995–1997	SCN Admira Wacker
1997–2000	Rapid Wien
2000–2002	Eintracht Frankfurt
2002–2004	Hansa Rostock
2004	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
2005–2006	VfB Admira Wacker Mödling
2006	Austria Wien
2007–2008	Austria Wien II
Total
International career
1999–2002	Austria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gerd Wimmer (born January 9, 1977) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Wimmer was born in Laa an der Thaya, Lower Austria. His first club was his hometown club SV Laa an der Thaya. His first professional club was Admira Wacker, moving to Sturm Graz in 1995 and rejoining Admira later that year at the start of the 1995–1996 season. In 1997, he joined Vienna club Rapid Wien for whom he played three seasons, before moving abroad to play for German sides Eintracht Frankfurt, Hansa Rostock and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.

In 2005, he returned to Austria to play for VfB Admira Wacker Mödling and a year later he signed for Austria Wien. On April 18, 2006 he received a record ban of 12 matches after attacking Wacker Tirol assistant manager Klaus Vogler after a match.^[1]

International career

Wimmer made his debut for the Austria national team in an August 1999 friendly match against Sweden in Malmö and earned five caps, no goals scored. His final international was a September 2002 European Championship qualification match against Moldova.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps
Austria	1999	2
	2000	0
	2001	0
	2002	3
Total		5

References

^ Sperren für Wimmer und Pavlovic Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine - AMA (in German)

External links

Rapid stats - Rapid Archive
Profile - Austria Archive
Gerd Wimmer - Eintracht-archiv
Gerd Wimmer at National-Football-Teams.com
German Bundesliga stats - Fussballportal

[1] Sperren für Wimmer und Pavlovic Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine - AMA (in German)

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