Christian Mayrleb (born 8 June 1972) is an Austrian retired professional

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who is employed as the manager of Austrian side ASKÖ Donau Linz.

Club career

Born in

Wels Wels (; Central Bavarian: ''Wös'') is a city in Upper Austria, on the Traun River near Linz. It is the county seat of Wels-Land, and with a population of approximately 60,000, the eighth largest city in Austria. Geography Wels is in the ...

Upper Austria Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, an ...

, Mayrleb started his professional career at

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side Stahl Linz and

SV Ried SV Ried is an Austrian association football club from Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria. The team plays its home matches at Josko Arena, a stadium with a capacity of 7,680. After being relegated from Bundesliga in the 2016–17 season, SV Ried ...

before joining Austrian Bundesliga outfit Admira/Wacker at the start of the 1994–95 season. He then 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 s ...

where he was snapped up by English

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club

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, only to return to Austria after half a season on the subs' bench. He moved to Vienna club

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for a prolific four years before moving on to play for

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, Red Bull Salzburg and ending up in

Linz Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. In the north of the country, it is on the Danube south of the Czech border. In 2018, the population was 204,846. In 2009, it was a European Capital ...

again with

LASK Linz Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as Linzer ASK () or simply LASK, is an Austrian professional football club, from the Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club in that region, and plays in the Austrian Footbal ...

. In November 2006 Mayrleb failed a drug test but was cleared by a League disciplinary panel because no evidence was found he was taking performance-enhancing drugs.

International career

Mayrleb made his debut for the Austria national team in an August 1998 friendly match against

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and came on as a substitute in his first six matches for the national team. He scored his first goal two months after his debut game. He earned 29 caps, scoring six goals. His last international was a September 2005 World Cup qualification match against

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Honours

Individual * Austrian Bundesliga top scorer: 2004–05

References

External links

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- Austria Archive * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayrleb, Christian 1972 births Living people People from Wels Association football forwards Austrian footballers Austrian expatriate footballers Austria international footballers SV Ried players FC Admira Wacker Mödling players FC Wacker Innsbruck players Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players FK Austria Wien players FC Red Bull Salzburg players LASK players FC Juniors OÖ players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Premier League players Expatriate footballers in England Austrian expatriate sportspeople in England Footballers from Upper Austria