René Aufhauser

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Personal information
René Aufhauser
Date of birth	June 21, 1976 (1976-06-21) (age 31)
Place of birth	Voitsberg, Austria
Height	1.88 m
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Red Bull Salzburg
Number	28
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-95 1995-1996 1996 1997 1997-2001 2001-2005 2005-	ASK Köflach ASK Voitsberg Austria Salzburg ASK Voitsberg Austria Salzburg Grazer AK Red Bull Salzburg	17 (2) 127 (16) 119 (17) 61 (17)
National team²
2001-	Austria	50 (10)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 10, 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of May 30, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

René Aufhauser (born June 21, 1976 in Voitsberg, Styria) is an Austrian football player.

1 Career
2 International Career
3 External links

[edit] Career

In the early part of his career he had stints at ASK Köflach, ASK Voitsberg and Red Bull Salzburg. It was at ASK Voitsberg was where his talent was discovered whilst playing defensive midfield.

[edit] SV Austria Salzburg (1997-2001)

He signed for SV Austria Salzburg in 1997 after spending a highly successful 6 months there in the previous season. Soon the former amateur player was getting called up by the Austria U-21 team. The young midfielder kept a place in the team despite there bing a host of big names in the squad. He left in 2001 because the coach was letting him develop. The club he chose was Grazer AK.

[edit] Grazer AK (2001-2005)

At the start of his Grazer AK career he din't play every game because he had to fight with Slovenian captain Aleš Čeh. His performances for Grazer AK attracted interest from clubs like Everton F.C., Fulham F.C. and Middlesbrough F.C.. He left Grazer AK in 2005 for former club Red Bull Salzburg

[edit] Red Bull Salzburg (2005-)

His return to his former club has brought more success to his club and international level. So far he has appeared 205 times and scored 35 goals for Red Bull Salzburg in league games.

[edit] International Career

Despite his good performances he was unconsidered former team head Herbert Prohaska. Only under Otto Baric he was called up in 2001 as a Grazer AK player against Liechtenstein however only on the bench. He made his début Otto Baric's successor, Hans Krankl against Slovakia on the 27 March 2002. Under Hans Krankl he was given a place in the starting 11 as well as under new coach Josef Hickersberger. So far he has participated in 42 international matches scored 9 times.

In the UEFA Euro 2008 in Vienna, Austria, he fouled against Croatian forward Ivica Olic, which led to a penalty for Croatia. Rising star Luka Modric converted the penalty kick into a 1-0 lead in the fourth minute of the game.

[edit] External links

Salzburg official website (English)
His career stats at National-Football-Teams.com (English)

v • d • e Austria squad - UEFA Euro 2008

1 Manninger • 2 Standfest • 3 Stranzl • 4 Pogatetz • 5 Fuchs • 6 Aufhauser • 7 Vastić • 8 Leitgeb • 9 Linz • 10 Ivanschitz • 11 Korkmaz • 12 Gercaliu • 13 Katzer • 14 Garics • 15 Prödl • 16 Patocka • 17 Hiden • 18 Kienast • 19 Säumel • 20 Harnik • 21 Macho • 22 Hoffer • 23 Özcan • Coach: Hickersberger