Andreas Lipa

Andreas Lipa

Personal information
Full name	Andreas Lipa
Date of birth	26 April 1971 (1971-04-26)
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defender/Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1990–1992	First Vienna	32	(5)
1992	LASK Linz	9	(0)
1993–1994	Austria Salzburg	13	(1)
1994–1997	Austria Lustenau	93	(4)
1997–2002	Grazer AK	106	(10)
2002–2003	Skoda Xanthi	14	(0)
2003–2004	Port Vale	32	(2)
2004–2006	Austria Lustenau	42	(0)
2006–2008	Wiener Sport-Club
2008–2009	SV Wienerberger
Total		341+	(22+)
National team
2000	Austria	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Andreas Lipa (born 26 April 1971 in Vienna) is a former Austrian international footballer. After a nineteen year career, some of it spent in England, most of it in Austria, he last played for SV Wienerberger in 2009.

Playing career

Club career

Lipa began his professional career in 1990 with First Vienna. He signed for LASK Linz in 1992, before moving to Austria Salzburg a year later in 1993. Lipa then moved to Austria Lustenau in 1995, before signing with Grazer AK in 1997. He stayed with Grazer for five years, playing over 100 games, including numerous matches in the UEFA Cup.

In 2002 Lipa left Austrian football, after a trial with English club Portsmouth in January he joined up with Greek side Skoda Xanthi.

In June 2003 he returned to England to sign with Port Vale. During a 5-1 defeat to Plymouth Argyle at Vale Park on 18 October 2003 Lipa made a racist comment against Plymouth player Jason Bent. Lipa wrote a letter of apology to Bent and said "he wished he could turn the clock back", but was docked a week's wages. Bent accepted the apology as Lipa claimed to have spoke "in the heat of the moment" and the club also issued a statement of apology, stating Lipa "is in no way racist". Despite this he was still charged by the Football Association. After a spell plagued with injuries he was released in November 2004, returning to his native lands to play for Austria Lustenau.

He signed for Wiener Sport-Club in 2006 and moved to SV Wienerberger in summer 2008, despite being 37- an age beyond the retirement of most players. Despite being contracted to the club until 2010 he seems to have retired as of June 2009.

International career

Lipa made one substitute appearance for the Austrian national side in April 2000 against Croatia.

Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (1):
  • 1994
• Austrian Cup (2):
  • 2000, 2002

Personal life

Lipa's English wife, Sarah Adams-Lipa, has publicly spoken out against the WAGs culture in British football. Sarah Adams-Lipa has also appeared on the British TV programme 'Come Dine With Me', appearing on fourth week of programmes of the first series in 2005 and winning the £1,000 first prize.

External links

• Andreas Lipa career stats at Soccerbase
• Andreas Lipa on Playerhistory.com
• Profile at Weltfußball.de (German)
• BBC interview (June 2003)