Christoph Westerthaler


Christoph Westerthaler was an Austrian football coach and former football player.

Club career

Nicknamed Gischi, Westerthaler was a small-built striker who started his professional career at FC Wacker Innsbruck and stayed with them for 9 years, split by a two-season period at LASK Linz. With the Tyrolean side he won 2 league titles and 2 domestic cups. In 1994, he moved to SK Vorwärts Steyr only to rejoin LASK two years later. In 1997, he moved abroad and played in Germany for the two major Frankfurt teams and VfL Osnabrück.
In the summer of 2001 he finished his career as a player because of a knee cartilage damage.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in an October 1989 friendly match against Malta but was not considered for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He earned 6 caps, no goals scored. His final international game was a November 1993 World Cup qualification match against Sweden.

Death

On 20 July 2018, Westerthaler died at the age of 53, due to a heart attack.

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