Gilbert Prilasnig

Gilbert Prilasnig (born 1 April 1973 in Klagenfurt) is an Austrian football player.

Career

Prilasnig began his career at age 12 when VST international market in Carinthia, where he attended high school and played until his graduation. In 1991 he moved to Sturm Graz, where he celebrated his greatest successes to 2001: 2 times Austrian Champion and 3 time Cup winner and three-time participation in the UEFA Champions League. Particularly noteworthy is the 2000/01 season, when for the first time an Austrian team reached the second round of the Champions League with Sturm Graz. Since 2001 Prilasnig played for Aris Thessaloniki in England at Cambridge United, FC Kärnten, DSV Leoben, in Poland Miedź Legnica, the SV Horn, and is currently at SC Wiesfleck in the Burgenland 2 League South under contract. A long time he played at the position of the left midfielder, but retired after more and more in the defense back.

Prilasnig played 16 times for the Austrian national team - his debut was in 1997 in a 3-0 win in Estonia. In the course of the former World Cup qualifiers made ​​it the Austrians for 1998 World Cup, where Prilasnig but injury was missing. In the last game before the 1998 World Cup he pulled a ligament tear and therefore could not play in France.

Since 2004, engaged Gilbert Prilasnig socially as a team leader of the Austrian Homeless national and prepares them to the annual World Cup of the homeless (English: Homeless World Cup, HWC ) ago.

In addition to his football career, he studied linguistics at the University of Graz.

Achievements

• 2 x Austrian Champion (1998, 1999)
• 3 x Austrian Cup winner (1996, 1997, 1999 )
• 3 x participation in the UEFA Champions League (1998 - 2001)
• 3 x Austrian Vice Champion (1995, 1996, 2000 )