Herwig Drechsel

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Herwig Drechsel
SV Ried - Herwig Drechsel.jpg
Personnel
birthday 4th September 1973
place of birth Linz ,  Austria
size 177 cm
position Playmaker
Juniors
Years station
1989-1993 FC Linz
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1993-1995 FC Linz 16 0(1)
1995-1998 SV Ried 81 (18)
1998-1999 Graz AK 20 0(3)
1999-2010 SV Ried 305 (83)
2010-2011 SV Grödig 32 0(9)
2011-2013 SV Wallern 57 (25)
1 Only league games are given.

Herwig "Wiggerl" Drechsel (born September 4, 1973 in Linz ) is a former Austrian football player .

Career

Drechsel was active from 1995 to 2010 with a short break (1998/99 season at Grazer AK ) for the Innviertel football club SV Ried and was always a top player as a midfielder and one of the top goal scorers as well as team captain from time to time. Drechsel, whose style of play is compared to that of a "classic ten", is also known for his free kicks, long-range shots and his overview of the game. However, he did not make his debut in the Bundesliga for the Vikings, but for FC Linz . In May 2010, SV Ried announced that Herwig Drechsel's contract would not be extended. In June 2010 he signed a new contract with the second division club SV Grödig , but after only one year in Grödig he ended his successful professional career in May 2011 at the age of 37 and switched to the upper Austrian league promoted SV Wallern .

In his career he made over 350 Bundesliga appearances and was nominated several times for the national team, but never played for an international team. In 2012, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of SV Ried, he was named "Player of the Century".

Drechsel is married and has two sons (Stephan and Tobias). His son Stephan is a young player at LASK Linz . Since autumn 2018 he has been training the national league team SU Vortuna Bad Leonfelden.

successes

  • Cup winner with SV Ried in 1998 and 2008
  • Vice champion 2007 with SV Ried

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.nachrichten.at/sport/sv_ried/art102,384508
  2. ↑ Herwig Drechsel is Rieder of the Century. In: derStandard.at. May 6, 2012, accessed December 12, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Drechsel, Herwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Drechsel, Wiggerl (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th September 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz