Martin Platzer

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AustriaAustria  Martin Platzer Ice hockey player
Date of birth September 24, 1963
place of birth Villach
size 187 cm
Weight 89 kg
position defender
number # 88
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1978-1983 EC VSV
1983-1985 Innsbruck EV
1985-1986 VEU Feldkirch
1986-1991 GEV Innsbruck
1991-1992 CE Vienna
1992-1993 EC KAC

Martin Platzer (born September 24, 1963 in Villach ) is a former Austrian ice hockey player . He completed 15 seasons in the Austrian Ice Hockey League and Alpine League and was a member of the Austrian national team from 1984 to 1989 .

Athletic career

Martin Platzer began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth team of the EC VSV , for whom he made his debut as a defender in the Austrian ice hockey Bundesliga at the age of 15 in the 1978/79 season and played until 1982/83. In the 1979/80 season he was part of the team that achieved the historic first championship title in the club's history. In 1983/84 he moved to Innsbrucker EV where, with the exception of the 1985/86 season, which he played for VEU Feldkirch, he was under contract for seven seasons. In the 1988/89 season he led the GEV Innsbruck team as captain to their first championship title in 25 years. In 1991/92 he moved to CE Vienna and in the following season 1992/93 to EC KAC . He scored 247 points (57 goals and 190 assist) in 474 league games. Martin Platzer was a member of the Austrian national team from 1984 to 1989, for which he played a total of 59 games (7 points) at three World Championships and the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo (10th place) in 1984 and Calgary (9th place) in 1988 .

In 2000 he founded Vienna Capitals together with the former players Kurt Harand and Johann Schuller as well as the entrepreneur Hans Schmid , for which he was responsible for marketing from 2001 to 2003 and the sporting management from the 2004/2005 to 2011/12 season. As a sporting director he achieved the greatest success in 2005, the first championship title in the club's history. He was also vice president of the club from 2001 to 2014.

successes

  • 1977 Austrian student champion (U16) with EC VSV
  • 1978 U18 European Junior Championship, Group B, 1st place
  • 1979 Austrian youth champion (U18) with EC VSV
  • 1980 Austrian champion with EC VSV
  • 1980 Austrian youth champion (U18) with EC VSV
  • 1984 Austrian runner-up with Innsbruck EV
  • 1985 Austrian runner-up with VEU Feldkirch
  • 1989 Austrian champion with GEV Innsbruck
  • 2005 Austrian champion with the Vienna Capitals ( as sporting director )

Professional background

Martin Platzer studied business administration at the University of Innsbruck from 1983 to 1991, graduating as Mag.rer.soc.oec. In 1992 he founded the consulting company MPM Sponsoring Consulting GmbH, which was also active in Germany and Switzerland from the mid-1990s. In 1999 the company won the International Sponsoring Award . Since 2013, Martin Platzer has also been active as an entrepreneur in other industries (energy industry, outdoor advertising), for example he was co-founder of enelteco Energie-Consulting GmbH , Digi Netz GmbH and Zugkraft Vermarktungs GmbH .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Platzer resigns as Capitals sports director. In: kleinezeitung.at. February 2, 2012, accessed January 18, 2017 .
  2. ↑ The sports friend: Martin Platzer with his MPM Sponsoring Consulting based in Vienna and Zurich is ready for the kick-off of Euro 08. In: werbewoche.ch. August 18, 2008, accessed January 18, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Business Athlete Award - Martin Platzer. In: runplugged.com. Retrieved January 18, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Platzer, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Villach