Anton Pfeffer

Anton Pfeffer

Personal information
Date of birth	(1965-08-17) 17 August 1965
Place of birth	Lilienfeld, Austria
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1975–1985	SV Tuernitz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–2000	Austria Wien	396	(19)
National team
1988–1999	Austria	63	(1)
Teams managed
2001	Austria Wien
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Anton "Toni" Pfeffer (born 17 August 1965) is a former Austrian profedsional footballer. He played for FK Austria Wien and the Austrian national football team as defender.

Career

Pfeffer's youth club was SV Türnitz. In 1985, at the age of 20, he moved to FK Austria Wien. There he stayed till the end of his career in 2000. He played 395 league matches for the team and scored 24 goals. He also was captain of the team a long time.

International career

Pfeffer made his debut for Austria in an April 1988 friendly match against Greece. He was a participant at the 1990 and 1998 FIFA World Cup. He earned 63 caps, scoring one goal. His last international was the 0-9 demolition by Spain in a European Championship qualification match in March 1999.

After the career

After ending his football career in 2000, Pfeffer ran unsuccessfully in local elections for the Austrian People's Party. In 2005, he joined the board of SKN St. Pölten and advises the executive committee on sporting issues.

Pfeffer has also developed a folk singing career . He released two collections of Austrian folk songs. He currently works as one of Sky Austria's main football experts .

Honours

Austria Wien

• Austrian Bundesliga: 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993
• Austrian Cup: 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994

Other websites

• Player profile - Austria Wien archive (in German)
• Manager profile - Austria Wien archive (in German)
• Anton Pfeffer at National-Football-Teams.com