Peter Artner is a retired 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 football

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...

 player.

Club career

Born in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

, Artner started his professional career with Austria Wien where he was the supposed successor of club legend Robert Sara

Robert Sara

Robert Sara is a former Austrian football player, born in Oberlainsitz, near St. Martin im Waldviertel.His younger brother Josef was also a successful footballer.-Club career:...

. After a season on loan to First Vienna, he was however deemed surplus to requirements at Austria so he signed for Admira Wacker where he would spend six years before enjoying considerable success at Austria Salzburg.
He played in both legs of the 1994 UEFA Cup Final which they lost to Inter Milan.

After indifferent spells in Spain and the Italian Serie B

Serie B

Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...

 he returned to Austria to finish his career with the Sankt Pölten

Sankt Pölten

Sankt Pölten is the capital city of the State of Lower Austria in northeast Austria. With inhabitants , it is Lower Austria's largest city...

 side.

International career

He made his debut for Austria

Austria national football team

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 in November 1987 against Romania

Romania national football team

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 and was a participant at the 1990 FIFA World Cup

1990 FIFA World Cup

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, where he was sent off in Austria's first round victory over the United States

United States men's national soccer team

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. He earned 55 caps, scoring one goal. His last international was a May 1996 friendly match against the Czech Republic

Czech Republic national football team

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.

Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (2):
  • 1994, 1995
• 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...
  
  (1):
  • 1986

External links

• Player profile - Austria Archiv
• Career stats - National Football Teams