Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gerd Wimmer | ||
Date of birth | January 9, 1977 | ||
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 | Apps | (Gls) |
1994 | SCN Admira Wacker | 8 | (0) |
1995 | Sturm Graz | 10 | (1) |
1995–1997 | SCN Admira Wacker | 41 | (1) |
1997–2000 | Rapid Wien | 83 | (6) |
2000–2002 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 52 | (1) |
2002–2004 | Hansa Rostock | 30 | (1) |
2004 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 18 | (0) |
2005–2006 | VfB Admira Wacker Mödling | 25 | (0) |
2006 | Austria Wien | 8 | (1) |
2007–2008 | Austria Wien II | 31 | (0) |
Total | 305 | (11) | |
International career | |||
1999–2002 | Austria | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gerd Wimmer (born January 9, 1977) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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]
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.
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Austria | 1999 | 2 | 0 |
2000 | 0 | 0 | |
2001 | 0 | 0 | |
2002 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 5 | 0 |
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