Wolfgang Knaller

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Wolfgang Knaller
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Personal information
Full name Wolfgang Knaller
Date of birth (1961-10-09) 9 October 1961 (age 62)
Place of birth Feldkirchen, Carinthia, Austria
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
SV Feldkirchen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984–1987 SV Spittal an der Drau
1987–1990 Admira/Wacker
1990–1996 Admira/Wacker 217 (0)
1997–2002 Austria Wien 135 (0)
2002–2004 VfB Admira Wacker Mödling 47 (0)
2004–2006 LASK Linz 28 (0)
International career
1991–1996 Austria 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wolfgang Knaller (born 9 October 1961), is an Austrian football goalkeeper, who played mostly for Admira Wacker and Austria Wien.

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Club career

Knaller started his Austrian Football Bundesliga career with SV Spittal an der Drau in 1984 and has played professionally for over 20 years. In 2006, he joined lower league FC Waidhofen/Ybbs and in 2007 he moved to ASK Baumgarten.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in an October 1991 European championship qualification match against Northern Ireland and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He earned 4 caps. His last international was a May 1996 friendly match against the Czech Republic.

Personal life

Knaller was born in Waiern, Feldkirchen in Kärnten. His brother Walter, a striker, scored 126 Austrian Bundesliga goals from 1980 through 1992. His son Marco is also a goalkeeper. [1]

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References

  1. ↑ "Marco Knaller zurück nach Österreich?" (in German). La Ola. 7 July 2020.


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