Gerd Wimmer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gerd Wimmer | ||
| Date of birth | January 9, 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Laa an der Thaya, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Laa an der Thaya | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994 | SCN Admira Wacker | 8 | (0) |
| 1995 | Sturm Graz | 10 | (1) |
| 1995–1997 | SCN Admira Wacker | 41 | (1) |
| 1997–2000 | Rapid Wien | 83 | (6) |
| 2000–2002 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 52 | (1) |
| 2002–2004 | Hansa Rostock | 30 | (1) |
| 2004 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 18 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | VfB Admira Wacker Mödling | 25 | (0) |
| 2006 | Austria Wien | 8 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Austria Wien II | 31 | (0) |
| Total | 305 | (11) | |
| International career | |||
| 1999–2002 | Austria | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gerd Wimmer (born January 9, 1977) is a retired Austrian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Wimmer was born in Laa an der Thaya, Lower Austria. His first club was his hometown club SV Laa an der Thaya. His first professional club was Admira Wacker, moving to Sturm Graz in 1995 and rejoining Admira later that year at the start of the 1995–1996 season. In 1997, he joined Vienna giants Rapid Wien for whom he played three seasons, before moving abroad to play for German sides Eintracht Frankfurt, Hansa Rostock and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.
In 2005, he returned to Austria to play for VfB Admira Wacker Mödling and a year later he signed for Austria Wien. On April 18, 2006 he received a record ban of 12 matches after attacking Wacker Tirol assistant manager Klaus Vogler after a match.[1]
International career
Wimmer made his debut for Austria in an August 1999 friendly match against Sweden in Malmö and earned 5 caps, no goals scored. His final international was a September 2002 European Championship qualification match against Moldova.
National team statistics
| Austria national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 0 |
External links
- Rapid stats - Rapid Archive
- Profile - Austria Archive
- Gerd Wimmer - Eintracht-archiv
- Gerd Wimmer at National-Football-Teams.com
- German Bundesliga stats - Fussballportal
References
- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Laa an der Thaya
- Austrian footballers
- Austria international footballers
- FC Admira Wacker Mödling players
- SK Sturm Graz players
- SK Rapid Wien players
- Eintracht Frankfurt players
- F.C. Hansa Rostock players
- Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players
- FK Austria Wien players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Bundesliga players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Association football midfielders