Anton Weissenbacher (born 20 January 1965, in
Baia Mare
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) is a former
Romania
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football
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right back, he was part of
Steaua București squad, which won the
European Cup
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in 1986, he also played in the
Intercontinental Cup final in the same year.
When he left Romania, during the 90s he went to play in
Germany
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, in an amateur league and there he finished his career.
[ He coached several amateur teams in Germany, including SV Mehring.][
]
International career
Anton Weissenbacher played one friendly game at international level for Romania
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, making his appearance on 8 April 1987 when coach Emerich Jenei
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used him in a 3–2 home victory against Israel
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.
Honours
Club
Steaua București
*Divizia A
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: 1985–86, 1986–87Cupa României
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: 1986–87, 1988–89[
*]European Cup
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: 1985–86[
* Intercontinental Cup runner-up: ]1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
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Individual
* Total matches played in Romanian First League:'' 164 matches – 15 goals
* European Cups: 4 matches – 0 goals
* Romania U-21 8 matches – 0 goals
* Romania Olympic Team 7 matches – 0 goals
* Romania national football team 1 matches – 0 goals
References
External links
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1965 births
Living people
Romanian men's footballers
CS Minaur Baia Mare (football) players
FC Steaua București players
CS Universitatea Craiova players
FC Bihor Oradea (1958) players
SV Eintracht Trier 05 players
Liga I players
Romanian people of German descent
Men's association football defenders
Romania men's international footballers
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Romanian football managers
Romanian expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Germany
Sportspeople from Baia Mare
Footballers from Maramureș County
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