Jürgen Panis (born 21 April 1975, in

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n retired footballer. He won his first silverware with FC Tirol Innsbruck, then with

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giants

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where he was brought in a package deal with Radoslaw Gilewicz

Career

Club career

Panis began his career with the younger generation of at SC Hochwolkersdorf-Bromberg, where he was noticed by the scouts of

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and was brought to their youth academy. In 1993 Panis received his first professional contract and played from 1993 to 1997 with

. In 1997 he went to

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. After the relegation of the black and whites in 2000, the midfielder moved to FC Tirol Innsbruck, where he became Austrian champion three times. After the club went bankrupt, Panis was moved to

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in 2002. At Austria, where Panis celebrated his fourth championship title and a cup title, he played until 2004. A serious injury ended his spell with Austria and he restarted his career at lower league side Untersiebenbrunn. He returned to Austria's top level with Admira, but when they relegated he signed up for

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again.

International career

He made his debut for

in a March 2002 friendly match against

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. He earned 5 caps, no goals scored. His last international was a September 2002 European Championship qualification match against

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Coaching and later career

After retiring from professional football, Panis played for Austrian lower clubs 1. SC Sollenau (2011) and ASKÖ Pregarten (2011-2013. He also began his coaching career in 2012 as a youth coach at both his former club

and at Union Pettenbach. Panis left his position at LASK in 2014 but continued working as a youth coach at Union Pettenbach until 2019. However, he had several jobs beside that: * In 2013-14 he played for SV Eibenstein and in 2014 for ASKÖ Linz Zöhrdorf. * In January 2015, he was appointed head coach of ATSV St. Martin/Traun, where he also was active as a player. * In the summer 2017, he was appointed head coach of ASKÖ Luftenberg which he was until April 19. After leaving his position at Union Pettenbach in 2019, he became the assistant coach of

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' reserve team. Panis left the club on 20 October 2020, when the head coach was fired.Trainerwechsel bei den FC Blau Weiß Linz Amateuren
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Honours

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(4): ** 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 *

Austrian Cup The Austrian Cup (), known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for a record 27th time. Wo ...

(1): ** 2003

References

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