Gernot Jurtin was an Austrian

Austria national football team

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 football player, and a legend amongst Sturm Graz fans.

Club career

Jurtin joined Sturm Graz in the summer of 1974 under coach Karl Schlechta and immediately forced his way into the starting eleven. One of his finest seasons came in 1980/81 when he scored 20 goals in the Bundesliga

Austrian Bundesliga

The Austrian Football Bundesliga is the highest-ranking national league club competition in Austrian football. It is the competition which decides the Austrian national football champions, as well the country's entrants for the various European cups run by UEFA.The Austrian Bundesliga, which began...

 including five in a 7-0 win against Wiener Sportclub

Wiener Sportclub

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 on 5 June 1981. He formed a prolific strike partnership with Bozo Bakota

Božo Bakota

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. By the time Jurtin left Sturm Graz in 1987, he had made 373 appearances for them, scoring 119 league goals. The blond-haired number 11 was the first Graz player to break the 100-goal barrier in the league.

International career

Between 1979 and 1983, he won 12 caps for Austria

Austria national football team

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, scoring one goal. He made two appearances for them in the 1982 FIFA World Cup

1982 FIFA World Cup

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, against Chile

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 and Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland national football team

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External links

• Career stats - National Football Teams