Gerhard Rodax is a former professional football

Football (soccer)

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 player from Austria

Austria

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Club career

Rodax started his professional career at Admira Wacker and stayed with them for 7 years, becoming Austrian Football Bundesliga top goalscorer in 1990. That earned him a contract at Spanish side Atlético Madrid, but he lasted only just over one season with them and returned to Austria to join Rapid Wien

SK Rapid Wien

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 where he finished his career in 1993 at 28 years of age. In the 1995/1996 season he made a short comeback at Admira.

International career

He made his debut for Austria

Austria national football team

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 in 1985 and was a participant at the 1990 FIFA World Cup

1990 FIFA World Cup

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, where he scored in the 2-1 win over the USA

United States men's national soccer team

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 in Florence.

He won 20 international caps, scoring three goals. His last international was a May 1991 friendly match against Sweden

Sweden national football team

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Honours

• Copa del Rey
  Copa del Rey
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   (1): 1991, with Atlético de Madrid
  Atlético de Madrid
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• Austrian Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (1):
  • 1990

External links

• Career stats - National Football Teams
• Rapid stats - Rapid Archive