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Revision as of 15:56, 13 November 2010

Andreas Weimann
Personal information
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Aston Villa
Number 42
Youth career
2004–2007 Rapid Vienna
2007–2010 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010– Aston Villa 1 (0)
International career
Austria U17 4 (1)
Austria U19 5 (2)
2009– Austria U21 5 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:45, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:45, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Andreas Weimann (born 5 August 1991 in Vienna) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays in England for Aston Villa. He plays as a striker.

Club career

Rapid Vienna

Weimann began his career at hometown club Rapid Vienna, joining up with them as a thirteen year old. He remained there for three years, before being signed by English Premier League side Aston Villa. He has since admitted that he is still a supporter of Rapid.[1]

Aston Villa

2009–2010

Andreas Weimann represented the club during the 2009 Peace Cup against Juventus, Atlante and F.C. Porto[2]. The promising striker was an important figure in Aston Villa's Reserve side, particularly in the 2009-10 season filling the void left by Nathan Delfouneso where he finished the season as the Reserve South League's top scorer with 9 goals.

Following an impressive stint in the reserves, Weimann signed a contract extension which tied him to the club until June 2012.[3]

On 8 May 2010, Weimann was named in the provisional squad for the final match of the season against Blackburn Rovers after impressing manager Martin O'Neill during the Reserve Play-off Final against Manchester United[4]. However, he was not among the final 18 players selected[5].

On 16 May 2010, Weimann was part of the Aston Villa team that won the Hong Kong Soccer Sevens tournament[6]. A particular highlight of his performances during the cup was a hat-trick against the Yau Yee League Select of Hong Kong[7].

2010–11

On 27 July 2010, Weimann scored two goals for Aston Villa in a pre-season friendly against Walsall. The following month, on August 6, Weimann came off the bench to appear for the first team in a home friendly against Spanish side Valencia.

On 14 August 2010, Weimann made his full league debut for Aston Villa, replacing Ashley Young as a substitute in the 86th minute against West Ham United. Villa caretaker manager Kevin MacDonald named Weimann in his 20-man squad to travel to Austria to face former club Rapid Vienna in the UEFA Europa League on 19 August 2010[8]; He came on as a substitute for Marc Albrighton after 79 minutes, only to be injured 3 minutes later.

International career

Weimann has represented his native Austria at Under-17 and Under-19 levels and is now a member of the Under-21 side[9]. Weimann scored on his Under-21 debut against Scotland Under-21 in a UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification match on 5 September 2009. Weimann scored in the 57th minute, just 2 minutes after replacing team-mate Marc Sand as a substitute[10]. Weimann's other two goals in the qualifying process came against Azerbaijan and Albania[11].

In July 2009, Weimann was called up to the Austria U-19 squad for the European Under-19 Championship[12]. Weimann featured in all three of Austria's games and came up against his Aston Villa team-mate Nathan Delfouneso in a 3-2 loss against England[13].

Honours

References

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