Jürgen Patocka (; born 30 July 1977) 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 ...

n former international

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er who managed and played for FC Egg as a left-sided central defender.

Club career

Late-developing Patocka started his professional career with

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outfit

SC Austria Lustenau Sportclub Austria Lustenau is a professional association football club based in the town of Lustenau, Vorarlberg, Austria, that competes in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, the top tier of the Austrian football league system. Founded in 1914, ...

for whom he played over three seasons before making his debut in the

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with

SV Mattersburg SV Mattersburg was an Austrian association football club from Mattersburg, Burgenland. History The club was formed in 1922 and played its home games at the 17,100 capacity Pappelstadion. The club played in the Bundesliga since the 2003–04 ...

in 2004. With Mattersburg, the tall defender lost two successive cup finals to

Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien AG (; known in English as Austria Vienna, and usually shortened to Austria (German: Österreich) in German-speaking countries, is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. It has won the mos ...

and in 2007 he moved to

Rapid Wien Sportklub Rapid Wien (), commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the first title in the season 1911–12, ...

to win his first league title in 2008. Patocka returned to Austria Lustenau for the start of the 2012–13 season. He joined FC Egg in the

Vorarlbergliga The Vorarlbergliga is the highest football league of the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It's the fourth highest football league in Austria. Exclusively limited to teams of the Vorarlberg Football Association (german: Vorarlberger Fussballverband, V ...

in 2014 as player/manager.

International career

He made his debut for

in a May 2007 friendly match against

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and was part of the Austrian squad during

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on home soil but never figured in any of Austria's three games.

Honours

Austrian Football Bundesliga The Austrian Football Bundesliga (german: Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga, italic=no , "Austrian Football Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Austrian football league system. Th ...

(1): ** 2008

External links

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Rapid stats
– Rapid Archive

– EURO2008 * * 1977 births Living people Footballers from Vienna Austrian footballers Austria international footballers Austrian people of German descent UEFA Euro 2008 players SC Austria Lustenau players SV Mattersburg players SK Rapid Wien players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Association football defenders {{austria-footy-defender-stub