Herwig Walker (born 4 May 1972) is an Austrian former

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 le ...

who is last known to have played as a goalkeeper for

LASK Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as Linzer ASK () or simply LASK, is an Austrian professional Football team, football club, from the Upper Austria, Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club in that region, and pl ...

Career

Walker started his career with Austrian second division side

SV Spittal SV Spittal/Drau is an Austrian association football club, based in Spittal an der Drau, Carinthia. The club founded in 1921 was promoted to the First League (II) in 1982 and won the championship of the 1983–84 season, however playing in the B ...

. In 1992, Walker signed for

in the Austrian top flight, where he made over 22 league appearances and scored 0 goals. In 1996, he signed for Austrian second division club

Vorwärts Steyr ''Vorwärts'' (, "Forward") is a newspaper published by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Founded in 1876, it was the central organ of the SPD for many decades. Following the party's Halle Congress (1891), it was published daily a ...

, helping them earn promotion to the Austrian top flight. In 1999, Walker signed for Watford in the English Premier League. In 2000, he returned to Austrian third division team

. In 2001, he returned to

in the Austrian second division.

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* Austrian men's footballers Watford F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in England Austrian expatriate men's footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in England Austrian Football Bundesliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players LASK players SV Spittal/Drau players Living people 1972 births Men's association football goalkeepers SK Vorwärts Steyr players {{Austria-footy-bio-stub