Erich Obermayer
Erich Obermayer (born 23 January 1953 in Vienna ) is a retired Austrian football player. The Libero completed 50 matches and participated in the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, as well as the captain at the 1982 World Cup in Spain. For his original club Austria, he played in 19 years, 544 times in the Bundesliga and could next eight championships and the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1978 reach.
Career
The skilled machinist Erich Obermayer began his football career with the tradition Favoritner FC Vienna. In the summer of 1969 he came to the then reigning Austrian champions FK Austria Wien and stayed in the next 20 years for this club in the championship active. This era is one of the most successful of violets. Overall, Erich Obermayer could be as a player eight times Austrian champion and five -time winner of the OFB Cup. Internationally, he celebrated as a defender great success: In 1978 he reached the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup, with the final on 3 May in Paris unhappy high with 0:4 lost to RSC Anderlecht. Only a year later, the defender came with Austria to the semifinals of the European Champions' Cup, in 1983 he reached selbiges again in Cupsiegerbewerb.
As a regular player of the then Austria's most successful football clubs Erich Obermayer were numerous fires in the Austrian national team between 1975 and 1985 he contributed exactly 50 times the team dress. The defender took part with the football team at the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, where he finished in seventh place with the team and among other things, the reigning world champions Germany 3-2 tossed from the competition. His biggest honor as a player was to him but at the 1982 World Cup in Spain when he led to part of the national team as a captain on the field, Austria reached the 8th place.
After a total of 543 league games - this value was only of his club colleagues and defensive partner Robert and Sara later Heribert Weber exceeded - he finished as one of the most successful Austrian footballer in the post-war period in 1989 his career. As an assistant coach on the side of Herbert Prohaska, he worked both still in Austria, as well as the national team, his dedication as head coach of the Floridsdorfer ACs but failed. After the footballer business, he earns his living as the owner of a gas station and the cafe Libero in Meidling. Of the Austria- fans, he was elected to the century - Eleven in 2001.