Otto Konrad

{{short description|Austrian footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Otto Konrad

| image = FIFA WC-qualification 2014 - Austria vs Faroe Islands 2013-03-22 (29).jpg

| fullname = Otto Konrad

| height = {{Height|m=1.87}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|11|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Graz, Austria

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1981

| youthclubs1 = Grazer Sportklub

| years1 = 1981–1992

| years2 = 1992–1996

| years3 = 1997–1999

| years4 = 1999–2001

| years5 = 1999–2000

| years6 = 2001–2003

| clubs1 = Sturm Graz

| clubs2 = SV Wüstenrot Salzburg

| clubs3 = Real Zaragoza

| clubs4 = DSV Leoben

| clubs5 = → Grazer AK (loan)

| clubs6 = PSV Salzburg

| caps1 = 76

| caps2 = 153

| caps3 = 25

| caps4 = 10

| caps5 = 0

| goals1 = 1

| goals2 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1989–1995

| nationalteam1 = Austria

| nationalcaps1 = 12

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2005–2006

| manageryears2 = 2006–

| managerclubs1 = Austria (goalkeeper coach)

| managerclubs2 = Austria U-21 (goalkeeper coach)

}}

Otto Konrad (born 1 November 1964 in Graz) is a retired Austrian football goalkeeper.

Club career

Konrad started his professional career with local outfit Sturm Graz, where he stayed 11 years before enjoying a successful period at Austria Salzburg.

[http://www.austria-salzburg.at/Golden-Years.57.1.html 1988-1997: Austria Salzburg´s "Golden Years"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505154317/http://www.austria-salzburg.at/Golden-Years.57.1.html |date=2009-05-05 }} - Austria Salzburg He played in both legs of the 1994 UEFA Cup Final which they lost to Inter Milan.

Also, he scored the goal of the 1994–95 season against Stahl Linz[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJiIkO4_LyE1994 Goal of the season] - Youtube In 1995, he won the Römer Award in honour of his success.[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/oostpoy.html Austria - Player of the Year and Other Awards] - RSSSF

In 1997, he joined Spanish side Real Zaragoza to become their first goalkeeper but he left them after only one and a half season to return to Austria.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in a May 1989 friendly match against Norway and was a participant at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He earned 12 caps. His last international was an August 1995 European Championship qualification match against Latvia.

Honours

SV Wüstenrot Salzburg

References