Gerd Wimmer
{{Short description|Austrian footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gerd Wimmer
| fullname = Gerd Wimmer
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1977|1|9}}
| birth_place = Laa an der Thaya, Austria
| height = 1.76 m
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = FC Laa an der Thaya
| years1 = 1994
| clubs1 = SCN Admira Wacker
| caps1 = 8
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1995
| clubs2 = Sturm Graz
| caps2 = 10
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 1995–1997
| clubs3 = SCN Admira Wacker
| caps3 = 41
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 1997–2000
| clubs4 = Rapid Wien
| caps4 = 83
| goals4 = 6
| years5 = 2000–2002
| clubs5 = Eintracht Frankfurt
| caps5 = 52
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2002–2004
| clubs6 = Hansa Rostock
| caps6 = 30
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2004
| clubs7 = Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
| caps7 = 18
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2005–2006
| clubs8 = VfB Admira Wacker Mödling
| caps8 = 25
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2006
| clubs9 = Austria Wien
| caps9 = 8
| goals9 = 1
| years10 = 2007–2008
| clubs10 = Austria Wien II
| caps10 = 31
| goals10 = 0
| totalcaps = 305
| totalgoals = 11
| nationalyears1 = 1999–2002
| nationalteam1 = Austria
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
Gerd Wimmer (born January 9, 1977) is an Austrian former 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 club 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.[http://www.ama-triplea.info/index.php?Itemid=26&id=21&option=com_content&task=view Sperren für Wimmer und Pavlovic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721184011/http://www.ama-triplea.info/index.php?Itemid=26&id=21&option=com_content&task=view |date=2011-07-21 }} - AMA {{in lang|de}}
International career
Wimmer made his debut for the Austria national team in an August 1999 friendly match against Sweden in Malmö and earned five caps, no goals scored. His final international was a September 2002 European Championship qualification match against Moldova.
Career statistics
=International=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
rowspan="4"|Austria
|1999 | 2 | 0 | |
2000 | 0 | 0 | |
2001 | 0 | 0 | |
2002 | 3 | 0 | |
colspan="2"|Total | 5 | 0 |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://rapidarchiv.at/spieler/wimmer_gerd.html Rapid stats] - Rapid Archive
- [http://www.austria-archiv.at/spieler.php?Spieler_ID=730 Profile] - Austria Archive
- [http://www.eintracht-archiv.de/wimmer.html Gerd Wimmer] - Eintracht-archiv
- {{NFT player|501}}
- [https://archive.today/20130206120405/http://www.fussballportal.de/index.php?kat=44&liga_id=10&spieler_id=4419 German Bundesliga stats] - Fussballportal
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wimmer, Gerd}}
Category:People from Mistelbach District
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Austrian men's footballers
Category:Austria men's international footballers
Category:Admira Wacker players
Category:SK Sturm Graz players
Category:SK Rapid Wien players
Category:Eintracht Frankfurt players
Category:FC Hansa Rostock players
Category:Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players
Category:FK Austria Wien players
Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Category:Footballers from Lower Austria