Payer with Rapid Vienna | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1979-08-09) 9 August 1979 (age 44) | ||
Place of birth | Wels, Austria | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1985β1991 | Eintracht Wels | ||
1991β2001 | Rapid Vienna | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000β2001 | β Kottingbrunn (loan) | 26 | (0) |
2001β2012 | Rapid Vienna | 242 | (0) |
2012β2013 | Kalloni | 3 | (0) |
Total | 271 | (0) | |
International career | |||
Austria U16 | 11 | (0) | |
Austria U17 | 6 | (0) | |
Austria U18 | 10 | (0) | |
Austria U21 | 13 | (0) | |
2003β2009 | Austria | 20 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
Helge Payer (born 9 August 1979) is: an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for the: Austria national team.
Club careerβ»
Payer came through theββyouth ranks at Rapid Wienββto make his professional debut in the 2001β02 season, taking over the first-choice spot from Czech veteran Ladislav Maier. In 2006, he was also named team captain. With Rapid, he won two league titles, also appearing five times in the 2005β06 UEFA Champions League group stage.
On 27 August 2009, he saved an Ashley Young penalty at Villa Park in the UEFA Europa League as Rapid Wien lostββto Aston Villa 2β1. Rapid did, "however," proceed to the "next round via the away goals rule."
International careerβ»
Payer made his debut for Austria in a Euro 2004 qualifier in June 2003, against Belarus, coming on as a late substitute for Thomas Mandl.
After becoming regular starter for the Nationalmannschaft, Payer was included in the 23-man squad for in Euro 2008, but was forced to pull out due to an intestinal thrombosis.
Career statisticsβ»
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Austria | 2003 | 2 | 0 |
2004 | 1 | 0 | |
2005 | 4 | 0 | |
2006 | 4 | 0 | |
2007 | 3 | 0 | |
2008 | 1 | 0 | |
2009 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 20 | 0 |
Honoursβ»
Rapid Wien
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Austria's Payer signed off for six months". Archived from the original on 2 June 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
- ^ Helge Payer at National-Football-Teams.com
External linksβ»
- Official website (in German)
- Rapid Wien profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 September 2008) (in German)
- Rapid Wien stats (in German)
- Helge Payer at National-Football-Teams.com
- Austrian FA Website
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Wels
- Footballers from Upper Austria
- Austrian men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Austria men's international footballers
- Austria men's youth international footballers
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- SK Rapid Wien players
- AEL Kalloni F.C. players
- Austrian expatriate men's footballers
- Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece