Sebastian Prödl

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Personal information
Sebastian Prödl
Date of birth	June 21, 1987 (1987-06-21) (age 20)
Place of birth	Graz, Austria
Height	196 cm (6ft 5in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Sturm Graz
Number	15
Youth clubs
2002-2006	SV Kirchberg SV Feldbach Sturm Graz
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006-2008 2008-	Sturm Graz Werder Bremen	31 (3)
National team
2007-	Austria	8 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Sebastian Prödl (born 21 June 1987) is an Austrian footballer, playing for Sturm Graz and the national team.

[edit] Football career

Aged 19 he began his professional career playing for Sturm Graz in the Austrian Bundesliga in 2006. In 2007 he was called to play for Austria. He served as captain of Austria's U20 national team at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada where he helped his team reach the semi-finals of the tournament.

After the tournament was over he was voted into the U20 world cup line-up by Italian magazine Gazzetta dello Sport (as the only player out of the Austrian U20 team).

On March 26, 2008, Prödl scored two goals in an international friendly against the Netherlands.

In July 2008 he will move to SV Werder Bremen.

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 Gërçaliu • 13 Katzer • 14 Garics • 15 Prödl • 16 Patocka • 17 Hiden • 18 Kienast • 19 Säumel • 20 Harnik • 21 Macho • 22 Hoffer • 23 Özcan • Coach: Hickersberger