| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | October 27, 1891 | ||
| Date of death | April 19, 1916 (aged 24) | ||
| Place of death | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| Wiener SC | |||
| National team | |||
| Austria | 8 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Karl Braunsteiner (October 27, 1891 – April 19, 1916 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan) was an Austrian football (soccer) player.
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Regarded as one of the biggest talents of his era, the small defender played for Wiener Sportclub.
During World War I he came to Poland as a gunner. He was captured and died in Tashkent due to typhoid fever.
Braunsteiner was a member of the Austrian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics and played two matches in the main tournament as well as three matches in the consolation tournament.[1]
For the Austrian national team he played 8 games.