Arnold Wetl
{{short description|Austrian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Arnold Wetl
| image = Zeltweger Legendenturnier 2018 (52).jpg
| fullname = Arnold Wetl
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|2|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Eibiswald, Austria
| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| position = midfielder
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1988–1996
| years2 = 1996–1997
| years3 = 1997–2001
| years4 = 2001–2004
| years5 = 2004–2006
| clubs1 = Sturm Graz
| clubs2 = FC Porto
| clubs3 = Rapid Wien
| clubs4 = Sturm Graz
| clubs5 = FC Gratkorn
| caps1 = 160
| caps2 = 11
| caps3 = 96
| caps4 = 69
| caps5 = 48
| goals1 = 41
| goals2 = 1
| goals3 = 9
| goals4 = 3
| goals5 = 7
| nationalyears1 = 1991–1999
| nationalteam1 = Austria
| nationalcaps1 = 21
| nationalgoals1 = 4
}}
Arnold Wetl (born 2 February 1970 in Eibiswald) is a retired Austrian footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
During his career he played for Sturm Graz, with whom he won 4 domestic cup titles, FC Porto, Rapid Wien and FC Gratkorn.
International career
Wetl made his debut for Austria in an April 1991 friendly match against Norway and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120912030406/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=154103/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] - FIFA He earned 21 caps, scoring 4 goals. His final international match was the embarrassing 0–9 defeat by Spain in a European Championship qualification match in March 1999.
=International goals=
:Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first.{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/10050/Arnold_Wetl.html|title=Match log for Arnold Wetl|publisher=national-football-teams.com|first=|last=|language=|date=|access-date=7 July 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.weltfussball.at/spielbericht/freundschaft-1998-mai-oesterreich-tunesien/|title=Freundschaft 1998 » Mai » Österreich - Tunesien 2:1|publisher=weltfussball.at|first=|last=|language=German|date=|access-date=7 July 2023}}
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! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
1. | 22 May 1991 | Stadion Lehen, Salzburg, Austria | {{fb|Faroe Islands}} | align=center | 3–0 | align=center | 3–0 | Euro 1992 qualifier |
2. | 15 November 1995 | Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland | {{fb|Northern Ireland}} | align=center | 3–5 | align=center | 3–5 | Euro 1996 qualifier |
3. | 29 May 1996 | Stadion Lehen, Salzburg, Austria | {{fb|Czech Republic}} | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–0 | Friendly match |
4. | 27 May 1998 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria | {{fb|Tunisia}} | align=center | 2–0 | align=center | 2–1 | Friendly match |
Honours
- Austrian Cup (1):
- 1996
- Portuguese Liga : (1)
- 1996–97
- Portuguese Supercup (1):
- 1996
External links
- [http://rapidarchiv.at/spieler/wetl_arnold.html Rapid stats] - Rapid Archive
- {{NFT player|pid=10050}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{Austria Squad 1998 World Cup}}
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Category:People from Deutschlandsberg District
Category:Austrian men's footballers
Category:Austria men's international footballers
Category:1998 FIFA World Cup players
Category:SK Sturm Graz players
Category:SK Rapid Wien players
Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Category:Primeira Liga players
Category:Austrian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Category:Footballers from Styria
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