Marcus Pürk

Marcus Pürk (born 21 September 1974) is a retired Austrian footballer who played as a midfielder.[2]

Marcus Pürk
Personal information
Full name Marcus Pürk[1]
Date of birth (1974-09-21) 21 September 1974[1]
Place of birth Vienna, Austria[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Left winger[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1994 Austria Wien 29 (2)
1994–1995 Rapid Wien 34 (13)
1995–1996 Real Sociedad 30 (5)
1996–1997 Sturm Graz 30 (5)
1997–1999 Rapid Wien 70 (14)
1999–2004 1860 Munich 50 (0)
2004–2005 Admira Wacker Mödling 1 (0)
2005–2007 First Vienna 54 (22)
2007 ASK Schwadorf 5 (0)
2008 Admira Wacker Mödling 2 (0)
2008–2009 SV Stockerau 25 (7)
2009 1. Simmeringer SC 8 (2)
2010–2014 SV St. Margarethen 15 (5)
National team
1995–2002 Austria 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Vienna, Pürk made his professional league debut for Austria Wien in the 1992–93 season but he moved to city rivals Rapid Wien for a very successful 1994–95 season in which he was the country's highest native goalscorer (with Mario Haas and Thomas Janeschitz), he won his first cap and he was chosen Footballer of the Year by his fellow players. It earned him a move to Spanish outfit Real Sociedad only to return to Austria and join Sturm Graz a year later. He also had one season at Sturm, then rejoined Rapid for another two and sealed a second move abroad when he signed for German Bundesliga side TSV 1860 Munich. He returned to Austria in 2004 but only played one match for Admira Wacker Mödling and then went on to play at lower league sides.

International career

Pürk made his debut for the Austria national team in April 1995.[3] He replaced Herfried Sabitzer in the 69th minute of the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier against Liechtenstein before scoring in the 84th minute of the 7−0 victory at Stadion Lehen in Salzburg.[3][4] He earned a second cap in August 2002 when he featured in the friendly against Switzerland at St. Jakob-Park in Basel.[3][5]

International statistics
Austria national team
YearAppsGoals
199511
199600
199700
199800
199900
200000
200100
200210
Total21

Honours

Rapid Wien

Sturm Graz

References
  1. "Marcus Pürk". weltfussball.de (in German). HEIM: SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  2. "Marcus Pürk". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. Kutschera, Ambrosius. "Marcus Pürk − Nationalteambilanz". AustrianSoccer.at (in German). Archived from the original on 12 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. "Austria 7−0 Liechtenstein". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 April 1995. Archived from the original on 6 November 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  5. "Switzerland vs Austria, 21 August 2002". EU-Football.info. 21 August 2002. Archived from the original on 12 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
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