Christian Mayrleb

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Christian Mayrleb
Personal information
Full name	Christian Mayrleb
Date of birth	June 8, 1972 (1972-06-08) (age 37)
Place of birth	Wels, Austria
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	striker
Club information
Current club	LASK Linz
Number	9
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1996 1996-1997 1998 1998-2002 2003-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-present	Stahl Linz SV Ried Admira/Wacker FC Tirol Innsbruck Sheffield Wednesday Austria Wien SV Pasching Red Bull Salzburg SV Pasching LASK Linz career totals	066 0(15) 053 0(17) 003 00(0) 134 0(65) 075 0(38) 028 00(7) 030 0(11) 059 0(21)
National team2
1998-2005	Austria	030 0(6)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 1st, 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of August 11, 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Christian Mayrleb (born 8 June 1972 in Wels) is an Austrian footballer who currently plays for Austrian team LASK Linz.

[edit] Club career

Born in Upper Austria, Mayrleb started his professional career at Second Division side Stahl Linz and SV Ried before joining Firstl level outfit Admira/Wacker at the start of the 1994/1995 season. He then played for FC Tirol Innsbruck where he was snapped up by English Premier League side Sheffield Wednesday only to return to Austria after half a season on the subs' bench. He moved to Vienna giants Austria Wien for a prolific 4 years before moving on to play for SV Pasching, Red Bull Salzburg and ending up in Linz again with LASK.

In November 2006 Mayrleb failed a drug test but was cleared by a League disciplinary panel because no evidence was found he was taking performance-enhancing drugs.^[1]

[edit] International career

He made his debut for Austria in an August 1998 friendly match against France and came on as a substitute in his first six matches for the national team. He scored his first goal two months after his debut game. He earned 29 caps, scoring 6 goals. His last international was a September 2005 World Cup qualification match against Azerbaijan.

[edit] Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (1):
  • 2003
• Austrian Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (1):
  • 2005 ^[2]

[edit] External links

• Roster - LASK
• Profile - Austria Archive
• Career stats - National Football Teams
• Profile at Weltfussball.de

[edit] References

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