Roman Mählich 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...

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Football (soccer)

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  player, who played mostly for Sturm Graz.

Club career

A stocky midfielder, Mählich started his professional career at Wiener Sportclub

Wiener Sportclub

The Wiener Sport-Club, commonly referred to simply as WSC, was established in 1883 playing in club colours of black and white. It is one of the Austrian capital Vienna's oldest athletics clubs, their traditional home is in the Dornbach quarter of the city....

 before moving to 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....

 in 1994. After one season in Tyrol

Tyrol (state)

Tyrol is a state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol.The state is split into two parts–called North Tyrol and East Tyrol–by a -wide strip of land where the state of Salzburg borders directly on the Italian province of...

, he joined Sturm Graz and had his most successful period with them, winning 2 league titles and 3 domestic cups, as well as playing in the UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

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After 8 seasons in Graz, he played for some lower league sides as well as for the Austria Wien reserves.

International career

He made his debut for Austria

Austria national football team

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 in a September 1992 friendly match against Portugal

Portugal national football team

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 and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup

1998 FIFA World Cup

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. He earned 20 caps, no goals scored. His last international was a May 2002 friendly match against Germany

Germany national football team

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Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (2):
  • 1998, 1999
• 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):
  • 1996, 1997, 1999

External links

• Career stats - National Football Teams