Jürgen Patocka

Jürgen Patocka (German pronunciation: [ˈjʏʁɡn̩ ˈpaːtɔka]; born 30 July 1977) is an Austrian international footballer who currently manages and plays for FC Egg as a left-sided central defender.

Jürgen Patocka
Personal information
Full name Jürgen Patocka
Date of birth (1977-07-30) 30 July 1977
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre Back/Manager
Club information
Current team
 Austria Lustenau
Number 3
Youth career
SC Untersiebenbrunn
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000 Floridsdorfer AC 20 (0)
2001–2004 SC Austria Lustenau 92 (12)
2004–2007 SV Mattersburg 90 (6)
2007–2012 Rapid Vienna 111 (7)
2012–2014 SC Austria Lustenau 36 (0)
2014– FC Egg 38 (6)
National team‡
2007–2009 Austria 5 (0)
Teams managed
2014– FC Egg
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 March 2016
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 2009

Club career

Late-developing Patocka started his professional career with Second Division outfit SC Austria Lustenau for whom he played over three seasons before making his debut in the top flight with SV Mattersburg in 2004. With Mattersburg, the tall defender lost two successive cup finals to Austria Wien and in 2007 he moved to Rapid Wien to win his first league title in 2008. Patocka returned to Austria Lustenau for the start of the 2012–13 season. He joined FC Egg in the Vorarlbergliga in 2014 as player/manager.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in a May 2007 friendly match against Scotland and was part of the Austrian squad during EURO 2008 on home soil but never figured in any of Austria's three games.

Honours


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