Wolfgang Knaller (born 9 October 1961), is an

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goalkeeper, who played mostly for Admira Wacker and

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Club career

Knaller started his

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career with SV Spittal an der Drau in 1984 and has played professionally for over 20 years. In 2006, he joined lower league FC Waidhofen/Ybbs and in 2007 he moved to ASK Baumgarten.

International career

He made his debut for

in an October 1991 European championship qualification match against

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and was a participant at the

1998 FIFA World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the ...

. He earned 4 caps. His last international was a May 1996 friendly match against the

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Personal life

Knaller was born in Waiern, Feldkirchen in Kärnten. His brother

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, a striker, scored 126 Austrian Bundesliga goals from 1980 through 1992. His son

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is also a goalkeeper.

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- Austria Archive * 1961 births Living people People from Feldkirchen in Kärnten Men's association football goalkeepers Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers 1998 FIFA World Cup players FC Admira Wacker Mödling players FK Austria Wien players LASK players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Footballers from Carinthia {{Austria-footy-bio-stub