Anton Weissenbacher

Anton Weissenbacher

Personal information
Date of birth	(1965-01-20) 20 January 1965 (age 60)
Place of birth	Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1985	FC Baia Mare	48	(2)
1985–1987	Steaua București	43	(5)
1987–1988	Universitatea Craiova	9	(0)
1988–1991	Bihor Oradea	68	(8)
1991–1999	Eintracht Trier	111	(8)
Total		279	(23)
International career
1984–1985	Romania U21	8	(0)
1986–1987	Romania Olympic	7	(0)
1987	Romania	1	(0)
Managerial career
	SV Mehring
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anton Weissenbacher (born 20 January 1965) is a former Romanian football right back who was part of Steaua București's squad which won the European Cup in 1986, he also played in the Intercontinental Cup final of the same year.[1][2][3] When he left Romania, during the early 1990s he went to play in Germany in an amateur league and there he finished his career.[1][2] Afterwards coached several amateur teams in Germany, including SV Mehring.[1][2]

Club career

Anton Weissenbacher was born on 20 January 1965 in Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania, being of German descent.[1][2][4] He made his Divizia A debut on 16 November 1983, playing for FC Baia Mare in a 4–0 home win against Politehnica Iași.[1][2][4] In 1985 he went to play for Steaua București where in his first season, he helped the club win the title, contributing with one goal scored in the 15 league appearances given to him by coach Emerich Jenei who also used him in one match from the historical European Cup campaign, appearing in the last minutes of the 3–0 win from the semi-finals with Anderlecht.[1][2][4][5] He started the 1986–87 season by playing in both legs from the 3–1 loss with Anderlecht from the second round of the European Cup, then appearing in all the minutes in the 1–0 loss from the Intercontinental Cup in front of River Plate, by the end of it helping Steaua win The Double, coaches Jenei and Anghel Iordănescu giving him 29 league appearances in which he scored four goals, including one in a 1–1 with rivals Dinamo București, also he was sent at half-time in order to replace Niță Cireașă in the 1–0 victory from the Cupa României final over Dinamo.[1][2][4][5][6][7]

Afterwards, Weissenbacher went to play for Universitatea Craiova where he made his fourth and last appearance in a European competition, a 3–2 win over Chaves from the first round of the 1987–88 UEFA Cup.[1][2][4][8] After only one season he left Craiova to go at Bihor Oradea where he spent three seasons, making his last Divizia A appearance on 2 June 1991 in a 4–1 home win over FC Bacău, having a total of 168 matches with 15 goals scored in the competition.[1][2][4] In 1991 he left Romania to work in Germany but he also played football in the lower leagues for Eintracht Trier until 1999, the highlight of this period being the elimination of Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund in the 1997–98 DFB-Pokal campaign as the team reached the semi-finals where they were eliminated by MSV Duisburg.[1][2][4][9][10]

International career

Between 1984 and 1987, Anton Weissenbacher made eight appearances for Romania's under-21 squad and seven for the Olympic side.[11]

He played one friendly game at international level for Romania's national team, making his appearance on 8 April 1987 when coach Emerich Jenei used him in a 3–2 home victory against Israel.[12][13]

Coaching career

After he ended his career, Anton Weissenbacher coached for a while the amateur team, SV Mehring and one of the players of the team was his son, Rolland.[1]

Honours

Steaua București

• Divizia A: 1985–86, 1986–87[4]
• Cupa României: 1986–87[6]
• European Cup: 1985–86[1]
• Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 1986[2][3]

Eintracht Trier

• Oberliga Südwest: 1993–94[4]

References

1. "Fost campion al Europei, acum betonist! Anton Weissenbacher nu s-ar mai întoarce în România" [Former European champion, now a concrete mixer! Anton Weissenbacher would not return to Romania] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 9 January 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
2. "Fost câștigător al CCE cu Steaua, Weissenbacher revine după două decenii acasă: "Pe unii dintre colegi nu i-am văzut de 30 de ani!"" [Former CCE winner with Steaua, Weissenbacher returns home after two decades: "I haven't seen some of my colleagues for 30 years!"] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
3. "Intercontinental Club Cup 1986". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
4. Anton Weissenbacher at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
5. "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
6. "Romanian Cup – Season 1986–1987". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
7. "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1986–87". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
8. "Universitatea Craiova - GD Chaves 3:2". WorldFootball. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
9. "A făcut parte din marea echipă a Stelei de la Sevilla 1986, acum este angajat la o fabrică de betoane! "Nu-mi lipsește fotbalul"" [He was part of the great team of Steaua from Sevilla 1986, now he is employed at a concrete factory! "I don't miss football"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
10. "Anton Weissenbacher. DFB-Pokal 1997/1998". WorldFootball. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
11. "Anton Weissenbacher profile". 11v11.com. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
12. "Anton Weissenbacher". European Football. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
13. "Romania 3-2 Israel". European Football. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

External links

• Anton Weissenbacher at National-Football-Teams.com
• Anton Weissenbacher at WorldFootball.net