Roland Kirchler 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)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player who currently plays for WSG Wattens

WSG Wattens

WSG Wattens is an Austrian football club located in Wattens, a town in the state of Tyrol in the west of the country. They currently play in the Austrian Regional League, the third tier of Austrian football.- History :...

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Club career

Kirchler played for FC Tirol Innsbruck

FC Tirol Innsbruck

FC Tirol Innsbruck was an Austrian association footballclub from Innsbruck, Tyrol which existed between 1993 and 2002, when bankruptcy was declared....

 from 1990 through 2002 and then at 32 decided to move abroad. But he returned to Austria after playing only one game in the Chinese league to sign for Salzburg. After one and a half season at Pasching he rejoined Salzburg before moving to SC Rheindorf Altach

SC Rheindorf Altach

SC Rheindorf Altach is an Austrian association football based in Altach, Vorarlberg. The club is currently also known as Cashpoint SC Rheindorf Altach due to sponsorship of Austrian sports betting company Cashpoint.- History :...

. In summer 2008 he joined his first club, WSG Wattens

WSG Wattens

WSG Wattens is an Austrian football club located in Wattens, a town in the state of Tyrol in the west of the country. They currently play in the Austrian Regional League, the third tier of Austrian football.- History :...

 to finish his career where it took off in 1989.

International career

He made his debut for Austria

Austria national football team

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 in a March 1993 friendly match against Greece

Greece national football team

The Greece national football team represents Greece in association football and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Greece's home ground is Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus and their head coach is Fernando Santos...

 but was overlooked for the 1998 FIFA World Cup

1998 FIFA World Cup

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 and only became a regular after the tournament. He earned 28 caps, scoring 5 goals. His last international was a March 2005 World Cup qualification match against Wales

Wales national football team

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National team statistics

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|1993||1||0
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|1994||0||0
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|1995||0||0
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|1996||1||0
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|1997||0||0
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|1998||0||0
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|1999||3||0
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|2000||7||1
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|2001||3||0
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|2002||0||0
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|2003||5||2
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|2004||5||1
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|2005||3||1
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!Total||28||3
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Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (3):
  • 2000, 2001, 2002
• 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...
  
   (1):
  • 1993

External links

• Player profile - WSG Wattens
• Profile - Weltfussball
• Career stats - National Football Teams