Jürgen Patocka

Jürgen Patocka

Personal information
Full name	Jürgen Patocka
Date of birth	(1977-07-30) 30 July 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Centre Back/Manager
Team 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)
International career^‡
2007–2009	Austria	5	(0)
Managerial career
2014–	FC Egg
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 March 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 2009

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

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

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (1):
  • 2008

External links

• Player profile – Rapid Wien at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 September 2008)
• Rapid stats – Rapid Archive
• Player profile – EURO2008
• Jürgen Patocka at National-Football-Teams.com
• Guardian football at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 September 2012)