Christian Gratzei (born 19 September 1981 in

Leoben Leoben () is a Styrian city in central Austria, located on the Mur river. With a population of about 25,000 it is a local industrial centre and hosts the University of Leoben, which specialises in mining. The Peace of Leoben, an armistice bet ...

) is an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

currently playing as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

Career

DSV Leoben

Gratzei joined the

youth academy in 1987, at the age of six. He spent 11 years in the youth ranks before finally being promoted to the senior squad in 1998.

Grazer AK

On 1 July 2001, Gratzei was sold to

Grazer AK Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletiksport Klub (in Austria the abbreviation GAK is more common), is an Austrian sports club, from the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria (''Steiermark''). The football section used to be on ...

. He spent his entire time at

playing with the second team.

Sturm Graz

On 1 July 2002, Gratzei moved to

SK Sturm Graz Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909. Its colours are black and white. In its history, Sturm Graz has won the Austria ...

Honors

;SK Sturm Graz * Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2010-11 * Austrian Cup: 2009-10

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* * * 1981 births Living people Austrian men's footballers SK Sturm Graz players DSV Leoben players Grazer AK players Men's association football goalkeepers Austria men's international footballers 2. Liga (Austria) players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Sportspeople from Leoben {{austria-footy-goalkeeper-stub