Andreas Heraf

Andreas Heraf

Personal information
Full name	Andreas Heraf
Date of birth	10 September 1967 (1967-09-10)
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Graphia Wien
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1985–1988	Rapid Wien	55	(6)
1988–1990	First Vienna	76	(19)
1991	Austria Salzburg	11	(4)
1991–1994	Vorwärts Steyr	80	(23)
1994	Hannover 96	17	(3)
1995–1999	Rapid Wien	135	(21)
2000–2001	FC Kärnten	30	(0)
National team
1996–1998	Austria	11	(1)
Teams managed
2001–2002	1. FC Saarbrücken
2003–2005	Austria Lustenau
2005	SC Schwanenstadt
2006	FC Superfund
2006–2007	SC Schwanenstadt
2007–2008	SC-ESV Parndorf 1919
2008–	Austria U-20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Andreas Heraf (born 10 September 1967 in Vienna) is an Austrian football manager and former player.

Club career

A defensive midfielder, Heraf started his professional playing career at Rapid Wien and moved to city rivals First Vienna in 1988. He then had half a season at Austria Salzburg, before joining Vorwärts Steyr. After another half season at German Second division side Hannover 96, he returned to Rapid Wien. In his first season back, the longhaired Heraf played in the 1996 UEFA Cup Winners Cup Final against Paris St Germain in Brussels, which Rapid lost. He finished his career at FC Kärnten.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in an April 1996 friendly match against Hungary and was a participant at the 1990 FIFA World Cup but he did not play. He earned 11 caps, scoring one goal. His last international was an October 1998 World Cup qualification match against San Marino.

Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (2):
  • 1987, 1988, 1996
• Austrian Cup (3):
  • 1987, 1995, 2001

Managerial career

After retiring he became a manager. His clubs to date are Austria Lustenau (2003-2005), SC Schwanenstadt (August 2005-December 2005), FC Superfund (January 2006-March 2006) and SC Schwanenstadt again (July 2006-Autumn 2007). After a few months at SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 he joined the Austrian U-20 set-up.

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

External links

• Player profile and stats - Rapid Archive
• 2.Bundesliga stats - Fussballportal
• Career stats - National Football Teams