Konrad Plautz (born 16 October 1964 in
Navis
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) is a
football referee from
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 ...
. He has officiated internationally since 1996.
Konrad Plautz took up refereeing as a teenager, feeling that handling games gave him more satisfaction than actually playing at right-back, where he struggled. He set himself a ten-year target for reaching the upper levels of the profession and just missed out, making his debut in the
Austrian Bundesliga in 1992. He was awarded his
FIFA badge in 1996 and, in that same year, was named to handle the European Under-16 Championship final in
Vienna
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Portugal
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beat
France
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to take the title.
Apart from his enthusiasm for sport – Plautz has always been a top performer in fitness tests – he counterbalances his physical activity with the roles of director and actor for a local theatrical group.
He was appointed by UEFA as one of twelve referees at officiate
UEFA Euro 2008
The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2008 or simply Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the member nations of UEFA (the Union of European ...
.
References
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Profile
External links
Rate Konrad in the Euro 2008 FinalsOfficial website
1964 births
Living people
Austrian football referees
UEFA Euro 2008 referees
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