Martin Amerhauser is an Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n football

Football (soccer)

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 player who plays for and captains Grazer AK

Grazer AK

Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletik-Sport Klub , is an Austrian sports club, from the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria . The football section is one of the most traditional Austrian clubs, most successful in the decade 1995 – 2005...

 in the Austrian Regional League Central

Austrian Regional League Central

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He is married and has one son, named Maximilian.

Club career

A leftsided midfielder renowned for his accurate crossing, Amerhauser has only played for SV Salzburg and GAK in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. Regarded as one of Austria's biggest talents in the early 1990-s, he never really lived up to his potential but he did win major silverware with Salzburg and Graz.

In his first season, Amerhauser scored the decisive 3-0 in probably the best game Stadion Lehen

Stadion Lehen

Stadion Lehen was a multi-purpose stadium in Salzburg, Austria. It was used mostly for football matches and hosted the home matches of SV Austria Salzburg. The stadium was able to hold 14,684 people and originally opened in 1952. It was renovated in 1971. It hosted its last SV Austria Salzburg...

 has ever seen against Sporting Lisbon in the UEFA Cup. Only 19 years of age, he went on to play in both legs of the Final which they lost to Inter Milan.

In 2007, he experienced a career low with the demotion of GAK to the Regionalliga Mitte because of financial difficulties.

International career

He made his debut for Austria

Austria national football team

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 in a March 1998 friendly match against Hungary

Hungary national football team

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 in which he immediately scored his first international goal. He then was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup

1998 FIFA World Cup

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 but did not play. His last international was a September 2006 World Cup qualifying match against Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan national football team

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Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (3):
  • 1994, 1997, 2004
• Austrian Cup
  Austrian Cup
  The Austrian Cup, in German: ÖFB-Cup is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB.It has been held since 1919, with the exception of the time of the Anschluss between 1939 and 1945 and the period between 1950 and 1958 when the competition was deemed of...
  
  (3):
  • 2000, 2002, 2004