Otto Konrad (born 1 November 1964 in

Graz Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popula ...

) is a retired

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goalkeeper.

Club career

Konrad started his professional career with local outfit

Sturm Graz Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909. Its colours are black and white. In its history, Sturm Graz has won the Austrian f ...

, where he stayed 11 years before enjoying a successful period at Austria Salzburg. He played in both legs of the

1994 UEFA Cup Final The 1994 UEFA Cup Final was a two-legged match that took place on 26 April 1994 and 11 May 1994 at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna and San Siro in Milan between Inter Milan of Italy and Austria Salzburg of Austria. Inter won both games 1–0 ...

which they lost to

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. Also, he scored the goal of the 1994/1995 season against Stahl Linz In 1995, he won the ''Römer'' Award in honour of his success.Austria - Player of the Year and Other Awards
- RSSSF In 1997, he joined Spanish side

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at L ...

to become their first goalkeeper but he left them after only one and a half season to return to Austria.

International career

He made his debut for

in a May 1989 friendly match against

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and was a participant at the

1990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being ...

. He earned 12 caps, no goals scored. His last international was an August 1995 European Championship qualification match 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. The ...

(3): ** 1994, 1995, 1997

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