Andreas Ibertsberger (born 27 July 1982) is an Austrian former professional

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who played as a

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. He was a member of the Austria national team. Ibertsberger is a younger brother of former national team player

Robert Ibertsberger Robert Ibertsberger (born 20 January 1977) is an Austrian football manager and a former player. He is the brother of Andreas Ibertsberger. He had to retire in 2004 due to serious knee injury. Coaching career Robert Ibertsberger became assista ...

whose career was cut short by injury.

Club career

Ibertsberger played for

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, for whom he signed from

Austria Salzburg SV Austria Salzburg is an Austrian professional football club, based in the city of Salzburg. The club was formed in 2005 by some supporters of the original SV (Austria) Salzburg after it was renamed FC Red Bull Salzburg by its new owners, who ...

in January 2005. In January 2008, he moved to

1899 Hoffenheim Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V., or simply TSG 1899 Hoffenheim or just Hoffenheim () is a German professional football club based in Hoffenheim, a village of Sinsheim municipality, Baden-Württemberg. Originally founded in 189 ...

, with whom he originally signed a pre-contract agreement for the 2008–09 season. With smalltown club Hoffenheim he won promotion to the German

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. On 15 May 2012, Ibertsberger's contract with Hoffenheim expired, after missing the vast majority of the 2011–12 season with a chronic back problem.

International career

Ibertsberger made his debut for

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in an October 2004 World Cup qualification match against

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. He earned 14

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, scoring one goal.

References

External links

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German Bundesliga stats
at Fussballportal
Andreas Ibertsberger
at the Austrian Official FA Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Ibertsberger, Andreas 1982 births Living people Footballers from Salzburg Austrian footballers Association football fullbacks Austria international footballers FC Red Bull Salzburg players SC Freiburg players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players MSV Duisburg players Austrian expatriate footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany