Andreas Heraf is an Austria

Austria

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n football

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 manager and former player.

Club career

A defensive midfielder, Heraf started his professional playing career at Rapid Wien and moved to city rivals First Vienna in 1988. He then had half a season at Austria Salzburg, before joining Vorwärts Steyr. After another half season at German Second division

2. Fußball-Bundesliga

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 side Hannover 96

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, he returned to Rapid Wien. In his first season back, the longhaired Heraf played in the 1996 UEFA Cup Winners Cup Final against Paris St Germain in Brussels

Brussels

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, which Rapid lost. He finished his career at FC Kärnten

FC Kärnten

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International career

He made his debut for Austria

Austria national football team

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 in an April 1996 friendly match against Hungary

Hungary national football team

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 and was a participant at the 1990 FIFA World Cup

1990 FIFA World Cup

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 but he did not play. He earned 11 caps, scoring one goal. His last international was an October 1998 World Cup qualification match against San Marino

San Marino national football team

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Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (2):
  • 1987, 1988, 1996
• Austrian Cup
  Austrian Cup
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   (3):
  • 1987, 1995, 2001

Managerial career

After retiring he became a manager. His clubs to date are Austria Lustenau (2003-2005), SC Schwanenstadt

SC Schwanenstadt

SC Schwanenstadt was an Austrian football club from Schwanenstadt, Upper Austria.The club was founded on March 16, 1946, it achieved promotion to the Landeliga in 2000 and to the Regionalliga Mitte one year later, where in 2005 they won the championship and continued their way up to First League...

 (August 2005-December 2005), FC Superfund (January 2006-March 2006) and SC Schwanenstadt again (July 2006-Autumn 2007). After a few months at SC-ESV Parndorf 1919

SC-ESV Parndorf 1919

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 he joined the Austrian U-20 set-up.

External links

• Player profile and stats - Rapid Archive
• 2.Bundesliga stats - Fussballportal
• Career stats - National Football Teams