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{{Short description|Austrian footballer (1965–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography     
| name = Gerhard Rodax
| image = 
| fullname = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|1965|8|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Tattendorf]], Austria
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|11|16|1965|8|29|df=y}}
| death_place = ''near'' [[Traiskirchen]], Austria
| height = 1.81 m
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1983–1990 | clubs1 = [[VfB Admira Wacker Mödling|Admira Wacker]] | caps1 = 192 | goals1 = 85
| years2 = 1990–1991 | clubs2 = [[Atlético de Madrid]] | caps2 = 27 | goals2 = 9
| years3 = 1992–1993 | clubs3 = [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]] | caps3 = 43 | goals3 = 12
| years4 = 1995–1996 | clubs4 = Admira Wacker | caps4 = 11 | goals4 = 0
| totalcaps = 273 | totalgoals = 106
| nationalyears1 = 1985–1991 | nationalteam1 = [[Austria national football team|Austria]] | nationalcaps1 = 20 | nationalgoals1 = 3
| manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = 
}}

'''Gerhard Rodax''' (29 August 1965 – 16 November 2022) was an Austrian professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[striker (association football)|striker]].

==Club career==
Rodax was born in [[Tattendorf]]. He started his professional career at [[Admira Wacker]] and stayed with them for seven years, becoming [[Austrian Football Bundesliga]] top goalscorer in 1990. That earned him a contract at Spanish side [[Atlético Madrid]], but he lasted just over one season with them and returned to Austria to join [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]] where he finished his career in 1993 at 28 years of age. In the 1995–96 season he made a short comeback at Admira.{{cn|date=November 2022}}

==International career==
Rodax made his debut for [[Austria national football team|Austria]] in 1985 and was a participant at the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]], where he scored in the 2–1 win over the [[United States men's national soccer team|USA]] in [[Stadio Artemio Franchi|Florence]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080228061346/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=44578/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] - FIFA</ref>

Rodax won 20 international caps, scoring three goals. His last international was a May 1991 friendly match against [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]].<ref>{{NFT player|17041}}</ref>

==Death==
Rodax died near [[Traiskirchen]] on 16 November 2022, at the age of 57.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-Nationalspieler Gerhard Rodax gestorben |trans-title=Former international Gerhard Rodax has died |url=https://www.derstandard.de/story/2000140931962/ex-nationalspieler-gerhard-rodax-ist-verstorben |access-date=17 November 2022 |work=Der Standard |date=17 November 2022 |language=de}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
:''Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rodax goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Gerhard Rodax
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1
|4 October 1989
|[[Ta' Qali National Stadium]], [[Ta' Qali]], Malta
|{{fb|Malta}}
|style="text-align:center"|2–1
|style="text-align:center"|2–1
|[[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.austriasoccer.at/data/spiele/1989/19891004maltoste1.htm|title=Fussball in Österreich Spiel: Malta Österreich}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2
|28 March 1990
|[[La Rosaleda Stadium]], [[Málaga]], Spain
|{{fb|Spain}}
|style="text-align:center"|3–2
|style="text-align:center"|3–2
|Friendly
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.austriasoccer.at/data/spiele/1990/19900328spanoste1.htm|title=Fussball in Österreich Spiel: Spanien Österreich}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|3
|19 June 1990
|[[Stadio Artemio Franchi|Stadio Comunale]], [[Florence]], Italy
|{{fb|USA}}
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|style="text-align:center"|2–1
|[[1990 FIFA World Cup]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.austriasoccer.at/data/spiele/1990/19900619osteusa_1.htm|title=Fussball in Österreich Spiel: Österreich USA}}</ref>
|}

==Honours==
'''Atlético Madrid'''
* [[Copa del Rey]]: 1991

'''Individual'''
* [[Austrian Football Bundesliga]] top scorer: 1990<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oberliga-a.at/fussball_a/torschutzen_a.htm |title=Österreichs Torschützenkönige |publisher=www.oberliga-a.at |access-date=15 August 2008 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915044827/http://www.oberliga-a.at/fussball_a/torschutzen_a.htm |archive-date=15 September 2007 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://rapidarchiv.at/spieler/rodax_gerhard.html Rapid stats] - Rapid Archive

{{Austrian Footballer of the Year}}
{{Austrian Football Bundesliga top scorers}}
{{Austria Squad 1990 World Cup}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodax, Gerhard}}
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[[Category:People from Baden District, Austria]]
[[Category:Austrian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Lower Austria]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Austria men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1990 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players]]
[[Category:La Liga players]]
[[Category:Admira Wacker players]]
[[Category:Atlético Madrid footballers]]
[[Category:SK Rapid Wien players]]
[[Category:Austrian expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Spain]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Spain]]
[[Category:20th-century Austrian sportsmen]]
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