Roland Hattenberger (born 7 December 1948) is a former

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Club career

Born in

Jenbach Jenbach is a municipality in the district of Schwaz in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Etymology Many inhabitants of Jenbach believe that the name "Jenbach" is derived from "Jenseits des Baches", which means "Beyond the brook", however earlier ve ...

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, Hattenberger started his professional career at lower league outfit Wattens, before moving to Austrian Football Bundesliga side SSW Innsbruck in 1971. After three seasons there he was lured to the German

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and stayed there for seven years with

SC Fortuna Köln SC Fortuna Köln is a German association football club based in the city of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. History The club was formed as on 21 February 1948 through the merger of three local sides: Victoria Köln 1911 (one of two clubs to ...

and

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB S ...

. He rejoined Innsbruck in 1981 and finished his career with SC Kufstein in 1987.

International career

He made his debut for

in a June 1972 World Cup qualification match against Sweden and was a participant at the 1978 and 1982 World Cups. He earned 51 caps, scoring three goals. His last international game was on 28 June 1982 at the World Cup against

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. His son, Matthias Hattenberger plays currently in the Austrian Erste Liga for First Vienna FC 1894.

Honours

;SSW Innsbruck * Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1971–72, 1972–73 * Austrian Cup: 1972–73

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Roland Hattenberger
at Fussballportal * * 1948 births Living people People from Schwaz District Austrian men's footballers Austrian expatriate men's footballers Austria men's international footballers 1978 FIFA World Cup players 1982 FIFA World Cup players FC Wacker Innsbruck players SC Fortuna Köln players VfB Stuttgart players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Tyrol (state) Austrian expatriate sportspeople in West Germany WSG Tirol players {{austria-footy-midfielder-stub