Karl Braunsteiner

Karl Braunsteiner (27 October 1891 – 19 April 1916 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan) was an Austrian football (soccer) player.

Karl Braunsteiner
Karl Braunsteiner and Josef Brandstätter
Personal information
Date of birth (1891-10-27)27 October 1891
Date of death 19 April 1916(1916-04-19) (aged 24)
Place of death Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position(s) defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Wiener SC
National team
Austria 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Regarded as one of the biggest talents of his era, the small defender played for Wiener Sportclub.

During World War I he came to Poland as a gunner. He was captured and died in Tashkent due to typhoid fever as a prisoner of war.[1]

International career

Braunsteiner was a member of the Austrian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics and played two matches in the main tournament as well as three matches in the consolation tournament.[2][3]

For the Austrian national team he played 8 games.

See also

References

  1. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  2. Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
  3. "Karl Braunsteiner". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
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