Gerd Wimmer

Gerd Wimmer (born January 9, 1977) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Gerd Wimmer
Personal information
Full name Gerd Wimmer
Date of birth (1977-01-09) January 9, 1977
Place of birth Laa an der Thaya, Austria
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
FC Laa an der Thaya
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994 SCN Admira Wacker 8 (0)
1995 Sturm Graz 10 (1)
1995–1997 SCN Admira Wacker 41 (1)
1997–2000 Rapid Wien 83 (6)
2000–2002 Eintracht Frankfurt 52 (1)
2002–2004 Hansa Rostock 30 (1)
2004 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 18 (0)
2005–2006 VfB Admira Wacker Mödling 25 (0)
2006 Austria Wien 8 (1)
2007–2008 Austria Wien II 31 (0)
Total 305 (11)
National team
1999–2002 Austria 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Wimmer was born in Laa an der Thaya, Lower Austria. His 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 club Rapid Wien for whom he played three 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

Wimmer 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.

Career statistics

International
Austria national team
YearAppsGoals
199920
200000
200100
200230
Total50

References
  1. Sperren für Wimmer und Pavlovic - AMA (in German)
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