Josef Schicklgruber
Josef " Pepi " Schicklgruber ( born July 21, 1967 in Vienna) is an Austrian football goalkeeper. Since the summer of 2009, he plays for FC Traun.
Career
His first contract as a professional signed Josef Schicklgruber 1990 at Linzer ASK. In 1994, the then 27 -year-old LASK - keeper did 1241 minutes ( 13 games) without conceding a goal and was therefore one of the main responsible for the rise of Linz club in the Bundesliga. After nine years at LASK and a relegation to the second division Schicklgruber changed during the winter break 1998/99, free transfer to SK Sturm Graz.
Schicklgruber came originally as a substitute goalkeeper to Graz. After the Grazer number 1 Kazimierz Sidorczuk drew upon a lengthy injury, Schicklgruber but could develop such a strong position by good performances that he and Sidorczuk after his return to the team coach Ivica viewed Osim as two equivalent " number 1" and goalies were usually placed alternately. By Sturm Graz Schicklgruber was once Austrian champion (1998 /99) and twice runner-up ( in the two subsequent Seasons ). Schicklgruber and Sidorczuk were doorkeepers for the Grazer, as this in the UEFA Champions League a number of excellent games were delivering and rose up in the 2000 /01 season as group winners in the second round.
Due to an incident in the third round of the UEFA Cup 1999/2000 Schicklgruber was the longtime nickname " Breakdown Pepi ": In the second leg against AC Parma Sturm Graz resulted in the extension of 3-1 and was close to the last sixteen. To a few minutes to prevent a corner for the visitors before the final whistle, Schicklgruber trying to catch a flank of the enemy. He managed to take the ball in jump safely from the air, but he came to stand only behind the goal line. Although Schicklgruber held the ball well away from his body away, but the referee decided to gate; by the 2:3 Parma was now qualified due to the away goals rule for the next round (the game finally ended 3-3 ). However, even the TV images could not clearly determine whether the ball is now in full compliance was behind the line or not.
In the summer of 2001 Schicklgruber changed to the First Division for ASKOE Traun, with which he ascended a year later in the Bundesliga. Schicklgruber also convinced in Traun with consistently good performances, and was thus partly responsible for that developed the Upper Austrian "Village Club " as FC Superfund one of the strongest clubs in Austrian football. After Traun disbanded in its current form in the spring of 2007 ( the club plays since the 2007 /08 season as a " foundation" under the name of SK Austria Kärnten in the Bundesliga ), and many players left the club, also changed with Schicklgruber June 21 2007 back to SK Sturm Graz. There, however, he could no longer count on being as a number 1 - in the autumn 2007 season, he had to be content with the role of the substitute goalkeeper behind Christian Gratzei. With the end of season 2007/ 08 Schicklgruber ended his career for the time being. Most recently, he was at SK Sturm due to an injury of the root goalkeeper Gratzei yet to four inserts. After the injury of goalkeeper Christian Gratzei and Martin cobras early June 2008 it was announced that Schicklgruber was reactivated for the fall season 2008/ 09. On January 15, 2009, the Bundesliga club Altach announced the commitment of 41 -year-old, who was thus the oldest player in the Austrian Bundesliga. 31 May 2009 Schicklgruber ended his career at the professional level in the final round of the 2008/09 season when he won the champions Red Bull Salzburg beat with the Altachern away 4-1. In the 88th minute he was replaced by the Altacher goalkeeper Andreas Michl and received unanimously by the Salzburg as Altacher audience standing ovation. A carry on in the third-tier Regionalliga Schicklgrubers is not ruled by its own account. In the Upper Austrians he came in 15 league games used to date.