Gerald Messlender

{{Short description|Austrian footballer (1961–2019)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gerald Messlender

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| fullname = Gerald Messlender

| birth_date = {{birth date|1961|10|01|df=y}}

| birth_place = Baden, Austria

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|6|20|1961|10|01|df=y}}

| death_place = Guntramsdorf, Austria

| height = 1.94 m

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| position = Defender

| years1 = 1979–1986 | clubs1 = Admira Wacker Wien | caps1 = 142 | goals1 = 15

| years2 = 1986–1988 | clubs2 = Tirol Innsbruck | caps2 = 34 | goals2 = 6

| years3 = 1988–1994 | clubs3 = Admira Wacker Wien | caps3 = 49 | goals3 = 5

| years4 = 1994–1996 | clubs4 = SC Austria Lustenau | caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = 1996–1997 | clubs5 = VSE St. Pölten | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 1982–1987 | nationalteam1 = Austria | nationalcaps1 = 15 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 24 October 2018

| ntupdate = 6 October 2009

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Gerald Messlender (1 October 1961 – 20 June 2019) was an Austrian football defender.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/gerald-messlender/ |title=Gerald Messlender |work=worldfootball.net |access-date=27 November 2021}} During his club career, Messlender played for Admira Wacker Wien, Tirol Innsbruck and SC Austria Lustenau. He also featured in the Austria squad for the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.