Gerd Wimmer

Gerd Wimmer
Personal information
Full nameGerd Wimmer
Date of birthJanuary 9, 1977
Place of birthLaa an der Thaya, Austria
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionmidfielder
Youth career
FC Laa an der Thaya
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994SCN Admira Wacker8(0)
1995Sturm Graz10(1)
1995-1997SCN Admira Wacker41(1)
1997-2000Rapid Wien83(6)
2000-2002Eintracht Frankfurt52(1)
2002-2004Hansa Rostock30(1)
2004Rot-Weiß Oberhausen18(0)
2005-2006VfB Admira Wacker Mödling25(0)
2006Austria Wien8(1)
2007-2008Austria Wien II31(0)
Total305(11)
National team
1999-2002Austria5(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Gerd Wimmer (born January 9, 1977 in Laa an der Thaya, Lower Austria) is a retired Austrian football player.

Club career

Wimmer's 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 giants Rapid Wien for whom he played 3 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.[1]

International career

He made his debut for Austria in an August 1999 friendly match against Sweden in Malmö and earned 5 caps, no goals scored. His final international was a September 2002 European Championship qualification match against Moldova.

National team statistics

Austria national team
YearAppsGoals
199920
200000
200100
200230
Total50

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