Gerald Willfurth

Gerald Willfurth
Personal information
Full name	Gerald Willfurth
Date of birth	6 November 1962 (age 61)
Place of birth	Austria
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1980–1981	ASK Bad Fischau-Brunn
1981–1989	Rapid Wien
1989–1993	Austria Salzburg
1993–1995	ASK Bad Fischau-Brunn
1996–1997	Kottingbrunn
1998	Eisenstadt
1998–2000	1. Wiener Neustädter SC
National team
1983–1991	Austria
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Gerald Willfurth (born 6 November 1962) is a former Austrian football midfielder. He played mainly for SK Rapid Wien and SV Austria Salzburg. He also played for the Austrian national football team.

Club career[change | change source]

Willfurth began his career at ASK Bad Fischau. In 1981 he moved to Rapid Wien. With the club he was Austrian champion four times and won the cup four times until 1989. Another great success was reaching the final of the 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup . Willfurth played 204 Bundesliga games for SK Rapid. From 1989 to 1993. Willfurth then played for SV Austria Salzburg (2-time runners-up in 1992 and 1993). Then he moved back to ASK Bad Fischau. In 1996 he moved to ASK Kottingbrunn, in 1997 to SC Eisenstadt. He ended his active career in 1998.

International career[change | change source]

He made his debut for Austria in a June 1983 European Championship qualification match away against Albania, coming on as an 88th-minute substitute for Felix Gasselich. He played 30 matches and scored 3 goals for the national team.^[1] His last match was an April 1991 friendly match against Norway.^[2]