Karl Braunsteiner
 Karl Braunsteiner and Josef Brandstätter | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 October 1891 | ||
| Date of death | 19 April 1916 (aged 24) | ||
| Place of death | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Wiener SC | |||
| International career | |||
| Austria | 8 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Karl Braunsteiner (27 October 1891 – 19 April 1916 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan) was an Austrian football (soccer) player.
Club career
Regarded as one of the biggest talents of his era, the small defender played for Wiener Sportclub.
During World War I he came to Poland as a gunner. He was captured and died in Tashkent due to typhoid fever as a prisoner of war.[1]
International career
Braunsteiner was a member of the Austrian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics and played two matches in the main tournament as well as three matches in the consolation tournament.[2][3]
For the Austrian national team he played 8 games.
See also
References
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
- ^ "Karl Braunsteiner". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
External links
- WSC profile (in German)
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- 1891 births
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- Austrian footballers
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- Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I
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