Mario Sonnleitner

Mario Sonnleitner ( born October 8, 1986 in Vorau ) is an Austrian football player at the position of a defender. Since the 2010/11 season he plays for SK Rapid Wien in the Austrian Bundesliga.

Career

Sonnleitner started his footballing career at SV Grambach in Styria. In 2000, he joined the youth team of the Grazer AK ( GAK ). He was defensive player because he was a so-called Chancentod in the youth team as a striker, who was converted from the coach, such as Sonnleitner reported in a newspaper interview on the occasion of his first Bundesliga gate of 30 October 2005 in the derby against city rivals Sturm Graz. In the season 2004/ 05 he was co players at Kapfenberg SV in the second highest Austrian league. With the start of the 2005/06 season he returned to the GAK and became a regular player. In January 2006, he was drafted into the Austrian national team in the team camp in Dubai, however, came so far to no use in the national team.

After the license revocation by the OFB and the associated decline in the Regional Center of the GAK he joined in June 2007 for SK Sturm Graz, where he could after one season to fight for a regular place ( after the departure of Sebastian Prödl to Werder Bremen).

On 26 April 2010 it was announced that Sonnleitner replaced with start of the season 2010/11 for SK Rapid Wien, having already more firmly stood the disposal of Sturm Graz.

He plays mainly on the position of central defender but is occasionally also used as a right-back.

Achievements

• Austrian Cup Winner 2010 ( Sturm Graz )