Bruno Pezzey

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Bruno Pezzey
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Bruno Pezzey (1978)
Personnel
Surname Bruno Edmund Pezzey
birthday 3rd February 1955
place of birth Lauterach ,  Austria
date of death December 31, 1994
Place of death Innsbruck , Austria
position Vorstopper , Libero
Juniors
Years station
1965-1973 FC Lauterach
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1973-1974 FC Vorarlberg 28 0(3)
1974-1988 SSW Innsbruck 129 (19)
1978-1983 Eintracht Frankfurt 141 (27)
1983-1987 Werder Bremen 114 (18)
1987-1990 FC Swarovski Tirol 86 0(6)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1975-1990 Austria 84 0(9)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1993-1994 Austria U-21
1 Only league games are given.
Autograph from Bruno Pezzey

Bruno Pezzey (born February 3, 1955 in Lauterach , Vorarlberg , † December 31, 1994 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian football player . As a national player, the defender played all games for Austria at the World Cup in Argentina in 1978 and in Spain in 1982 ; he was a player of the world selection in 1979 . The four-time Austrian champions were also successful in Germany with Eintracht Frankfurt and Werder Bremen . The highlight was the 1980 UEFA Cup victory with Eintracht Frankfurt.

At the age of 39, Pezzey died of sudden cardiac death while playing an ice hockey game . To this day he is considered one of the best Austrian defenders of the post-war period.

Career

Promotion in Innsbruck and World Cup 1978

Bruno Pezzey began playing football at FC Lauterach , the club in his hometown in Vorarlberg. Today the club's sports field bears his name. At the age of 18, he was brought into the national league , now the Bundesliga , by FC Vorarlberg and already made 28 championship appearances in his debut season. Soon the young Pezzey was courted by other clubs and finally came to SSW Innsbruck in 1974 . In his second first division season Bruno Pezzey was the first Austrian champion with the Innsbruck team and also made his international debut against Czechoslovakia on June 7, 1975 . The win in the same year in the ÖFB Cup final against SK Sturm Graz also meant the double .

After only finishing second in both championship and cup in 1976, Bruno Pezzey was able to succeed again with his team in the league in 1977. In the meantime, he and Robert Sara had become an important pillar in the defense of the national team, who successfully qualified for the 1978 World Cup . In Argentina, Austria surprisingly prevailed as group winners ahead of Brazil, Spain and Sweden and also knocked the reigning world champion Germany in the miracle of Córdoba out of the competition. Overall, Bruno Pezzey and the team reached 7th place. In the same year he also drew international attention to himself with strong appearances in the European Champions Cup : SSW Innsbruck only had to bow in the quarterfinals due to the away goals rule Borussia Mönchengladbach .

Legionnaire in Germany and return to Austria

After the 1978 season, Bruno Pezzey switched to Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga . But it was initially said that Pezzey would stay with Innsbruck because Frankfurt did not have enough money for his commitment. Obviously Pezzey wanted to leave, he suggested a reduction in the required transfer fee and, if necessary, wanted to wait for the required 18-month parental leave. In the meantime, Borussia Dortmund also had an expression of interest . On August 1, an agreement was reached with Frankfurt after all, with a transfer fee of 5.8 million schillings (approx. 829,000 DM). In the 1979/80 UEFA Cup , the defender was finally able to celebrate his only international title with the Frankfurt team: This time Pezzey and his team were able to triumph over Borussia Mönchengladbach in the final thanks to the away goals rule. Bruno Pezzey won his first national title with Frankfurt in the 1981 DFB Cup . Meanwhile, the national team qualified for the 1982 World Cup . After the 7th place in Argentina, the 8th place succeeded this time in Spain. After the world championship, Bruno Pezzey went from the Main to the Weser to Werder Bremen in 1983 . With the Hanseatic city, the defender narrowly missed winning the German championship twice: in 1985 and 1986 he was runner-up with the team, in the second year only the worse goal difference was decisive.

At the beginning of the 1987/88 season Bruno Pezzey returned to Innsbruck and played his final years at FC Swarovski Tirol . Under coach Ernst Happel , he rounded off his career with a double win in 1989 and another championship title in 1990 and then retired from active football. Bruno Pezzey, however, remained connected to football; the ÖFB handed over the management of the youth work to him. He worked out a comprehensive concept, but died of sudden cardiac death at an ice hockey game on New Year's Eve in 1994 at the age of 39. He was married and had two daughters.

Honors

In 1978, Governor Herbert Keßler presented Bruno Pezzey with the Sports Badge of Honor of the State of Vorarlberg

On June 25, 1979, Bruno Pezzey was allowed to play for the FIFA World Cup , and as a European player on August 7, 1982, he scored a goal in a 3-2 victory over the World Cup. From 1979 to 1982 he was nominated four times in a row for the choice of European Footballer of the Year , but could not win the title. But he belongs to the Austrian national team of the 20th century . After his tragic death in 1997 a prize was donated by the Association of Footballers to Austria's Footballer of the Year , and he was named " Bruno " in memory of Bruno Pezzey .

Since January 23, 2013, an image of Bruno Pezzey has adorned one of the twelve “Pillars of Unity” in the Willy-Brandt-Platz underground station in Frankfurt.

successes

See also

Web links

Commons : Bruno Pezzey  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karel Stokkermans: Bruno Pezzey - International Appearances . RSSSF . June 9, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ top left: «Pezzey stays in Tyrol. Frankfurt has no money » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna July 26th 1978, p. 1 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  3. ↑ Column 3, middle: "Pezzey: no result" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna July 28, 1978, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  4. ↑ Column 5, middle: "Pezzey wants to wait 18 months" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna July 29, 1978, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  5. ↑ top left: "Now Dortmund wants Pezzey" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna July 30, 1978, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  6. ↑ Column 5, middle: "What now, Bruno?" In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna August 1, 1978, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  7. ↑ "Hurray, I'm near Frankfurt!" In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna August 3, 1978, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  8. ^ Matthias Arnhold: Bruno Pezzey - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga . RSSSF . June 9, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  9. ^ In memory of a great man , Vorarlberger Nachrichten , May 2, 2015
  10. ^ Pillars of Unity ( Memento from June 17, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ Memories of Pezzey, the great , neue.at of June 23, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Pezzey, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian national soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd February 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Lauterach (Vorarlberg) , occupied post-war Austria
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1994
Place of death Innsbruck , Austria