Wolfgang Mair (born 17 February 1980) 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 ...

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Club career

Born in

East Tyrol East Tyrol, occasionally East Tirol (german: Osttirol), is an exclave of the Austrian state of Tyrol, separated from the main North Tyrol part by the short common border of Salzburg and Italian South Tyrol (''Südtirol'', it, Alto Adige). It is c ...

, the diminutive Mair started his professional career at

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 ...

and stayed with them for 7 years, besides one season in between at

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. He won three league titles at Tirol and moved to ambitious Red Bull Salzburg in 2005 only to leave them after one season playing off the substitutes' bench for Vienna giants

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 ...

. He won the

Austrian Cup The Austrian Cup (german: ÖFB-Cup), known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for 27th t ...

with them and joined Austria Kärnten in summer 2008.

International career

He made his debut for

in a February 2005 friendly match against

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. He earned 3 caps, no goal scored. His other two international games were March 2005 World Cup qualification matches against

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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 *

(1): ** 2007

External links

Player profile
- Austria Kärnten
Profile
- Austria Archive * 1980 births Living people Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers Austria men's under-21 international footballers FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) players FC Red Bull Salzburg players FK Austria Wien players FC Kärnten players First Vienna FC players FC Liefering players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Men's association football forwards People from Lienz Footballers from Tyrol (state) FC Tirol Innsbruck players {{austria-footy-forward-stub