Theo Grüner

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Theo Grüner
Personnel
birthday October 24, 1976
place of birth LängenfeldAustria
date of death August 3, 2010
Place of death InnsbruckAustria
size 180 cm
position Defense
Juniors
Years station
1983-1994 FC Tirol Innsbruck
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1994-1997 FC Tirol Innsbruck 20 (0)
1997-1998 SK Rapid Vienna 8 (0)
1998 VfB Admira Wacker Mödling 7 (0)
1998-2003 SC Austria Lustenau 62 (0)
2003-2008 FC Wacker Innsbruck 102 (7)
1 Only league games are given.

Theo Grüner (born October 24, 1976 in Längenfeld , † August 3, 2010 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian football player .

life and career

Grüner started his career at FC Tirol before moving to the record champions of Austria's SK Rapid Wien in 1997 , in 1998 he played for half a year at FC Admira Wacker Mödling , after which he moved to SC Austria Lustenau , where he spent a few years in the Austrian Bundesliga and first League played. In 2003 he went to Wacker Innsbruck , with whom he rose from the Regionalliga West to the Bundesliga.

On August 13, 2007, Grüner was operated on for a kidney tumor with lymph node metastases and had to interrupt his career. In 2008 his player contract with Wacker Innsbruck was terminated , Grüner became sports director for the Tyroleans. He was able to fulfill this task until March 2010. On August 3, 2010, Grüner succumbed to cancer .

Theo Grüner played a total of 200 games in the Austrian Bundesliga and scored 5 goals. In the first division he came to 65 games and 8 goals. In the ÖFB Cup, Grüner was used five times.

successes

  • 2002 election as the best player in the second division

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. FC Wacker Innsbruck on August 11, 2007: Shock for the Wacker family: Theo Grüner's kidney tumor (accessed on August 3, 2010)
  2. a b Tiroler Tageszeitung from August 3, 2010: Theo Grüner died after a long and serious illness (accessed on August 3, 2010)
  3. transfermarkt.at: Details Theo Grüner (accessed on August 3, 2010)