Joachim Standfest is an Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n footballer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 who currently plays as a midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 / defender

Defender (football)

Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 for SK Sturm Graz

SK Sturm Graz

SK Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909 and the club colours are black and white....

 in the Austrian 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...

.

Club career

Born in Leoben

Leoben

Leoben is a Styrian city in central Austria, located by the Mur river. With a population of about 25,000 it is a local industrial center and hosts the University of Leoben which specialises in mining...

, Styria, Standfest made his professional debut for Grazer AK

Grazer AK

Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletik-Sport Klub , is an Austrian sports club, from the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria . The football section is one of the most traditional Austrian clubs, most successful in the decade 1995 – 2005...

 in the 1998/1999 season. He stayed 9 seasons with GAK, winning a league title and three domestic cups. He left GAK for giants Austria Wien in January 2007, just before GAK were demoted to the Regionalliga Mitte because of financial difficulties.

In 2001 Standfest underwent bowel surgery and a tumor was taken away.

In 2010, Standfest transferred from vice-champions Austria Wien to cup-winners Sturm Graz, citing family reasons for the move.

International career

He made his debut for Austria

Austria national football team

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 in October 2003 against the Czech Republic

Czech Republic national football team

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 and was a participant at EURO 2008. Until August 21st, he earned 32 caps, scoring 2 goals.

National team statistics

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|2003||1||0
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|2004||5||0
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|2005||3||1
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|2006||7||0
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|2007||11||1
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|2008||7||0
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!Total||34||2
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Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (1):
  • 2004
• Austrian Cup
  Austrian Cup
  The Austrian Cup, in German: ÖFB-Cup is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB.It has been held since 1919, with the exception of the time of the Anschluss between 1939 and 1945 and the period between 1950 and 1958 when the competition was deemed of...
  
   (5):
  • 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009

External links

• Profile - FK Austria
• Player profile - EURO2008
• Player profile - Austria Archive
• Career stats - National Football Teams