Peter Artner (born 20 May 1966) is an Austrian former professional

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who played as a defender.

Club career

Born in Vienna, Artner started his professional career with

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where he was the supposed successor of club legend Robert Sara. After a season on loan to

First Vienna First Vienna FC is an Austrian association football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna. Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there. It is familiarly k ...

, he was however deemed surplus to requirements at Austria so he signed for Admira Wacker where he would spend six years before enjoying considerable success at

Austria Salzburg SV Austria Salzburg is an Austrian professional football club, based in the city of Salzburg. The club was formed in 2005 by some supporters of the original SV (Austria) Salzburg after it was renamed FC Red Bull Salzburg by its new owners, who al ...

. 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 t ...

which they lost to Inter Milan. After indifferent spells in Spain and the Italian Serie B he returned to Austria to finish his career with the

Sankt Pölten Sankt Pölten (; Central Bavarian: ''St. Pödn''), mostly abbreviated to the official name St. Pölten, is the capital and largest city of the State of Lower Austria in northeast Austria, with 55,538 inhabitants as of 1 January 2020. St. Pölten ...

side.

International career

Artner made his debut for Austria in November 1987 against Romania and was a participant at the

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, where he was sent off in Austria's first round victory over the United States. He earned 55 caps, scoring one goal.Appearances for Austrian National Team
- RSSSF His last international was a May 1996 friendly match against the Czech Republic.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Artner goal.''

Honours

Wüstenrot Salzburg *

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 ...

: 1994, 1995 Austria Wien *

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: 1986

External links

Player profile
- Austria Archiv * *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Artner, Peter 1966 births Living people Footballers from Vienna Austrian footballers Men's association football defenders Austria men's international footballers 1990 FIFA World Cup players FK Austria Wien players First Vienna FC players FC Admira Wacker Mödling players FC Red Bull Salzburg players Hércules CF players Calcio Foggia 1920 players SKN St. Pölten players Austrian Football Bundesliga players La Liga players Serie B players Austrian expatriate footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy