Gerald Willfurth

Gerald Willfurth (born 6 November 1962) is a former Austrian football midfielder. He played mainly for SK Rapid Wien and SV Austria Salzburg. He also played for the Austrian national football team.

Club career

Willfurth began his career at ASK Bad Fischau. In 1981 he moved to Rapid Wien. With the club he was Austrian champion four times and won the cup four times until 1989. Another great success was reaching the final of the 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup . Willfurth played 204 Bundesliga games for SK Rapid. From 1989 to 1993. Willfurth then played for SV Austria Salzburg (2-time runners-up in 1992 and 1993). Then he moved back to ASK Bad Fischau. In 1996 he moved to ASK Kottingbrunn, in 1997 to SC Eisenstadt. He ended his active career in 1998.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in a June 1983 European Championship qualification match away against Albania, coming on as an 88th-minute substitute for Felix Gasselich. He played 30 matches and scored 3 goals for the national team. His last match was an April 1991 friendly match against Norway.

International statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	1983	4	0
	1984	3	0
	1985	3	1
	1986	3	0
	1987	3	0
	1988	9	2
	1989	2	0
	1990	2	0
	1991	1	0
Total		30	3

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Willfurth goal.

List of international goals scored by Gerald Willfurth

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 May 1985	Liebenauer Stadium , Graz, Austria	Cyprus	4-0	4-0	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	6 April 1988	Karaiskakis , Piräus, Greece	Greece	2-2	2-2	Friendly match
3	20 September 1988	Spartastadion , Prague, Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovakia	2-4	2-4	Friendly match

Honours

• Austrian Championship: 4

1982, 1983, 1987, 1988

• Austrian Cup: 4

1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87

References

Other websites

• Gerald Willfurth at WorldFootball.net
• Gerald Willfurth at National-Football-Teams.com