Thomas Winklhofer

Thomas Winklhofer ( born December 30, 1970 in Neumarkt am Wallersee ) is an Austrian football player.

Career

Thomas Winklhofer began his career in his youth when SV Hall in 1945 and came as a 17 -year-old striker talent to SV Austria Salzburg. After one year in Salzburg, he moved to the federal youth development center Tyrol and groped his way in the game year 1991/92 slowly to the first team of FC Swarovski Tirol zoom. Of the arrivierten players of Innsbruck, especially Bruno Pezzey, he was then honored with the name " jack-knife " because of its header style. By adding the young talent at the Innsbruckern could not yet, he came only to a single championship use and was therefore issued during the current season to the satellite club WSG Wattens. There Winklhofer was mostly concerned with a Devensivrolle and changed from striker to defender.

In the fall of 1992, Thomas Winklhofer moved back to Austria Salzburg and managed due to his athleticism and his combat power made ​​it into the first team. In Austria, for a stir the still largely unknown Winklhofer with a very good performance in the defense of the Salzburg when he whose striker Thomas Flögel logged off literally in the game against Austria Wien. From then on, Winki was, as he was called in Salzburg by Otto Baric, an inseparable part of the first team and brought it in the 1992/93 season to a total of 22 appearances in the Championship.

With Austria Salzburg Seekirchner also celebrated his greatest successes at club level. The 1.83 m wide defender came in all years of the former champion Lehener 1993/94, 1994/95 and 1996/97 to almost 30 missions and shot occasionally important goals. With Casino Salzburg he reached in 1993/94 the final of the UEFA Cup and became also an international player. Overall Winki completed 21 caps for the Austrian national team from 1993 to 2001.

In 2001, Winklhofer decided to venture abroad for the German second division 1 FC Saarbrücken, for which he was used, totaling 32 games. In 2002 he returned to Salzburg and kept the local in Austria unsuccessful years, the loyalty. With the takeover of the club by Red Bull in July 2005, his career in Salzburg seemed threatened by a number of new signings. Winklhofer but also continued with his now 35 years against its competitors through and counted under coach Kurt Jara to the root of Salzburger team. Enhanced by a quote from the Salzburg coach: " Winklhofer can pass on his experience to the young players and celebrate the end of his career once again a great success. He had earned it. "

With the league title in 2007 Winklhofer is the only player who was in the first four championships of Salzburg in the squad.

Private

Thomas Winklhofer is married and has two daughters, Kristin and Caroline. In his spare time he devotes himself next to his family especially climbing and scuba diving. The Seekirchner places great value on his appearance and his hairstyle. Since his youth, he follows every new trend and runs almost every season with a differently styled hair to the field.

Achievements

  • 4 x Austrian Champion: 1994, 1995, 1997 ( Austria Salzburg ), 2007 (Red Bull Salzburg)
  • 3 x Austrian Supercup Winner: 1994, 1995, 1997 ( Austria Salzburg )
  • 1 x UEFA Cup Final: 1994 (Austria Salzburg)
  • 2 x Austrian runner-up: 1993 ( Austria Salzburg ), 2006 (Red Bull Salzburg)
  • 1 x Austrian Cup Final: 2000 (Austria Salzburg)
  • 21 caps for the Austrian national football team between 1993 and 2001.
  • 335 games for SV Austria Salzburg and 9 Goals
Defender (association football) Otto Barić
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