Jump to content

Ernst Öbster

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Chris the speller (talk | contribs) at 05:42, 26 January 2020 (replaced: 2008-09 → 2008–09 (2)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Ernst Öbster
Personal information
Full name Ernst Öbster
Date of birth (1984-03-17) March 17, 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Salzburg, Austria
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
SV Friedburg
Youth career
SK Bischofshofen
BNZ Salzburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2009 Red Bull Salzburg 40 (0)
2003–2004LASK Linz (loan) 28 (2)
2007–2009Red Bull Salzburg Juniors (loan) 30 (9)
2009 New York Red Bulls 3 (0)
2010–2011 Wacker Innsbruck 25 (3)
2011–2013 SV Grödig 56 (6)
2013–2015 LASK Linz 30 (5)
2015–2018 SV Austria Salzburg 96 (20)
2018–2019 SK Altheim
2019– SV Friedburg 12 (2)
International career
2004–2006 Austria U-21 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2019

Ernst Öbster (born March 17, 1984) is an Austrian footballer who plays for SV Friedburg.

Career

Club

Öbster began his youth career with SK Bischofshofen and in 2001 joined BNZ Salzburg. After impressing with BNZ, Öbster was called up by the SV Austria Salzburg first team and debuted in the Austrian Bundesliga as a 17-year-old. After receiving limited playing time with Salzburg, Öbster was loaned to LASK Linz in 2003, during his time with Linz he was a regular starter as a left-sided midfielder appearing in 28 matches and notching 2 goals. After an impressive season with Linz, Öbster returned to SV Austria Salzburg and was a key reserve for the club. In 2005, SV Austria Salzburg was acquired by Red Bull and Öbster remained with the first team appearing in 7 league matches. Over the next few years he would alternate between the first team and Red Bull Juniors playing in the Austrian Football First League, in which he appeared in 30 matches scoring 9 goals. In the 2008–09 season Öbster appeared in 5 league matches and 4 UEFA Cup qualification matches in which he scored 2 goals. He also appeared in 3 Austrian Cup matches scoring 1 goal.

Following the season it was believed that Rapid Vienna was interested in signing Öbster, however he elected to join sister club New York Red Bulls agreeing to terms on July 14, 2009. He scored for New York on his debut July 30, 2009 in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League series with W Connection which ended in a 2–2 draw

Öbster was released by New York Red Bulls on March 24, 2010.[1] Following his release from New York Öbster returned to Austria and signed with Wacker Innsbruck.[2]

International

Internationally he has played eleven times for the Austrian U-21 national team. In 2003, he took part in the U-19 European Championship and helped Austria reach the semifinals.

Titles

Season Team Title
2007 FC Red Bull Salzburg Austrian Bundesliga
2009 FC Red Bull Salzburg Austrian Bundesliga
2013 SV Grödig Austrian First Football League
2014 LASK Linz Austrian Regional Central league

MLS Statistics

All-time MLS club performance
Club Season Major League Soccer US Open Cup MLS Cup CONCACAF Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
New York Red Bulls
2009 3 0 - - - - 2 1 5 1
Club Total 3 0 - - - - 2 1 5 1

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ http://www.fc-wacker-innsbruck.at/news/kampfmannschaft/2171-der-erste-neuzugang-ernst-oebster