Manfred Fischer (born 6 August 1995) is an

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who plays for Austria Wien.

Career

Manfred Fischer started his career at his hometown club Union Birkfeld. In 2006 he moved to the youth teams of SC Weiz. Three years later, the academy of

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 ...

got aware of the talented young player from Eastern Styria. At Grazer AK he also played for the reserves team, but after financial difficulties the club went into administration and had to release all players. Manfred Fischer followed his coach

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. He made his first appearance in Regionalliga Mitte, Austria's 3rd highest league, against FC Gleisdorf 09. After two successful seasons, he moved to third division club SC Kalsdorf. A year later he was transferred to second division club SC Wiener Neustadt, where he played 65 games in two seasons. In 2017/18 he got an offer from

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, who was also playing in

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got promoted in this season, which was the biggest success in the club's history. After a very successful season,

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offered him a contract until June 2020. Fischer made his debut in Austria's highest league,

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, against

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 ...

where he was substituted for

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in the 68th minute. A week later he made his debut in the starting eleven against SK Rapid Vienna. He scored his first goal in Bundesliga in August 2018 against

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* * 1995 births Living people Austrian men's footballers 1. Wiener Neustädter SC (2008) players DSV Leoben players Men's association football midfielders TSV Hartberg players SC Rheindorf Altach players FK Austria Wien players 2. Liga (Austria) players Austrian Football Bundesliga players {{austria-footy-midfielder-stub