Anton Pfeffer
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Anton "Toni" Pfeffer (born 17 August 1965) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
After ending his football career in 2000, Pfeffer ran unsuccessfully in local elections for the Austrian People's Party. In 2005, he joined the board of SKN St. Pölten and advises the executive committee on sporting issues.
Pfeffer has also developed a folk singing career with the release of two collections of Austrian folk songs.[1] He currently works as one of Sky Austria's main football pundits.
Club career
Born in Lilienfeld, Lower Austria, Pfeffer joined Austria Wien at 19 years of age and made his professional debut for them in 1987. He stayed loyal to Austria during his entire playing career winning four league titles and four domestic cups. He also captained the team.
International career
Pfeffer made his debut for Austria in an April 1988 friendly match against Greece and was a participant at the 1990 and 1998 FIFA World Cup.[2] He earned 63 caps, scoring one goal.[3] His last international was the embarrassing 0-9 demolition by Spain in a European Championship qualification match in March 1999.
Career statistics
- Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pfeffer goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 May 1990 | Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Netherlands | flag alias = Flag of the Netherlands.svg | flag alias-prinsengeus = Naval Jack of the Netherlands.svg | flag alias-army =Flag of the Royal Netherlands Army.svg | flag alias-air force=Flag of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.svg | link alias-air force= Royal Netherlands Air Force | link alias-army= Royal Netherlands Army | flag alias-naval = Flag of the Netherlands.svg | link alias-naval = Royal Netherlands Navy | flag alias-navy = Naval Jack of the Netherlands.svg | link alias-navy=Royal Netherlands Navy | flag alias-marines = Naval Jack of the Netherlands.svg | link alias-marines = Netherlands Marine Corps | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|3–2 || Friendly |
Honours
Austria Wien
- Austrian Bundesliga: 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993
- Austrian Cup: 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994
External links
- Player profile - Austria Wien archive Template:In lang
- Manager profile - Austria Wien archive Template:In lang
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References
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- 1965 births
- Living people
- People from Lilienfeld
- Footballers from Lower Austria
- Austrian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Austria men's international footballers
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- FK Austria Wien players
- Austrian football managers
- FK Austria Wien managers
- 20th-century Austrian sportsmen