Helge Payer

Helge Payer
Personal information
Full nameHelge Payer
Date of birth9 August 1979
Place of birthWels, Austria
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Youth career
1985–1991Eintracht Wels
1991–2001Rapid Vienna
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2000–2001→ Kottingbrunn (loan)26(0)
2001–2012Rapid Vienna242(0)
2012–2013Kalloni3(0)
National team‡
Austria U1611(0)
Austria U176(0)
Austria U1810(0)
Austria U2113(0)
2003–2009Austria20(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Helge Payer (born 9 August 1979) is a retired Austrian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for the Austrian national team.

Club career

Payer came through the youth ranks at SK Rapid Wien to make his professional debut in the 2001-02 season, taking over the first-choice spot from Czech veteran Ladislav Maier. In 2006 he was also named team captain. With Rapid, he won two league titles, also appearing 5 times during the and played 5 games in the 2005-06 UEFA Champions League group stage.

On 27 August 2009, he saved an Ashley Young penalty at Villa Park in the UEFA Europa League as Rapid Wien lost to Aston Villa 2–1. Rapid did, however, proceed to the next round via the away goals rule.

International career

Payer made his debut for Austria in an Euro 2004 qualifier in June 2003, against Belarus, coming on as a late substitute for Thomas Mandl.

After becoming a regular starter for the Nationalmannschaft, Payer was included in the 23-man party for in Euro 2008, but was forced to pull out due to an intestinal thrombosis.[1]

National team statistics

[2]

Austria national team
YearAppsGoals
200320
200410
200540
200640
200730
200810
200950
Total200

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Austria's Payer signed off for six months
  2. ↑ Helge Payer at National-Football-Teams.com

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