Gerd Wimmer

Gerd Wimmer (born January 9, 1977 in Laa an der Thaya ) is a former Austrian footballer.

Career

Wimmer's first stop was his regular and home club SV Laa an der Thaya. Via Laa an der Thaya it went to the first professional club SK Sturm Graz . Under Ivica Osim, Wimmer was repeatedly made fit for the Austrian Bundesliga with short appearances. In 1995 he was drawn to VfB Admira Wacker Mödling in Südstadt for the first time . After two years with the gray mouse, Rapid Vienna signed him up in 1997. In 2000 his first position abroad came. At Eintracht Frankfurt he played with coaches such as Felix Magath . In 2002 we went further north to Hansa Rostock . After two years in the far north of Germany, Wimmer moved to Rot-Weiß Oberhausen in January 2004 . In the 2005/2006 season he played again for VfB Admira Wacker Mödling. After only one year with Admira, Wimmer signed an extremely performance-related one-year contract with FK Austria Wien . But since he could not prevail in the first team of Austria, he played with the amateurs until his retirement in 2008.

Wimmer played five times for the Austrian national team. He made his debut on August 18, 1999 in a 0-0 draw against Sweden in Malmö . On April 18, 2006, the 29-year-old hot spur was sentenced to a record twelve-game ban after attacking Wacker Tirol's assistant coach Klaus Vogler after the game.