Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gerald Willfurth | ||
Date of birth | 6 November 1962 | ||
Place of birth | Austria | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1981 | ASK Bad Fischau-Brunn | ||
1981–1989 | Rapid Wien | 204 | (41) |
1989–1993 | Austria Salzburg | 113 | (14) |
1993–1995 | ASK Bad Fischau-Brunn | ||
1996–1997 | Kottingbrunn | ||
1998 | Eisenstadt | ||
1998-2000 | 1. Wiener Neustädter SC | ||
International career | |||
1983–1991 | Austria | 30 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gerald Willfurth (born 6 November 1962) is a retired football midfielder from Austria.
During his club career, Willfurth notably played for Rapid Wien and SV Austria Salzburg. With Rapid he won 4 league titles, 4 domestic cups and became runner-up in the 1985 Cup Winners' Cup. [1] He also played for lower league sides. [2]
He made his debut for Austria in a June 1983 European Championship qualification match away against Albania, coming on as a 88ht-minute substitute for Felix Gasselich, and earned a total of 30 caps, scoring 3 goals. [3] His final international was an April 1991 friendly match against Norway. [4]
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