Roland Kirchler (born 29 September 1970, in

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

) is a retired

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player.

Club career

Kirchler played for

FC Tirol Innsbruck FC Tirol Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol which existed between 1993 and 2002, when bankruptcy was declared. History It was – after the establishment of FC Swarovski Tirol in 1986 – the sec ...

from 1990 through 2002 and then at 32 decided to move abroad. But he returned to Austria after playing only one game in the Chinese league to sign for Salzburg. After one and a half season at Pasching he rejoined Salzburg before moving to

SC Rheindorf Altach Sportclub Rheindorf Altach, also known as Rheindorf Altach, SCR Altach or simply SCRA, is an Austrian association football club based in Altach, Vorarlberg. It plays in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club is currently also known as CASHP ...

. In summer 2008 he joined his first club, WSG Wattens to finish his career where it took off in 1989.

International career

He made his debut for

in a March 1993 friendly match against

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but was overlooked for the

1998 FIFA World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the ...

and only became a regular after the tournament. He earned 28 caps, scoring 5 goals. His last international was a March 2005 World Cup qualification match against

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National team statistics

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 ...

(3): ** 2000, 2001, 2002 *

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(1): ** 1993

External links

Player profile
- WSG Wattens
Profile
- Weltfussball * 1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Innsbruck Footballers from Tyrol (state) Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers Austrian Football Bundesliga players FC Tirol Innsbruck players Beijing Guoan F.C. players FC Red Bull Salzburg players Austrian expatriate sportspeople in China SC Rheindorf Altach players Austrian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in China Men's association football midfielders FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) managers WSG Tirol managers WSG Tirol players {{austria-footy-midfielder-stub