Andreas Schranz

Andreas Schranz
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-05-02) 2 May 1979
Place of birth Eisenerz, Austria
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1985–1993 WSV Eisenerz
1993–1997 FC Trofaiach
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2007 Grazer AK 165 (0)
2007–2010 SK Austria Kärnten 95 (0)
2011–2012 SV Grödig 38 (0)
National team‡
2004–2006 Austria 6 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 May 2010.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 August 2008

Andreas Schranz (born May 2, 1979 in Eisenerz, Styria) is an Austrian football goalkeeper who last played for SV Grödig.

Club career

Schranz played 10 years for Grazer AK and won the league title with them once, in 2004, and the domestic cup three times. In the 2004/05 Champions League preliminaries he was the goalkeeper when Grazer AK defeated Liverpool F.C. 1-0 at Anfield Road. However, Liverpool F.C. won the away leg 2-0 and later won the UEFA Champions League by beating AC Milan in the final. He left GAK in 2007 after they were demoted to the Regionalliga Mitte because of financial difficulties. He joined SK Austria Kärnten in 2007, but left the again in 2010, after the club dissolved. He signed with lower division team SV Grödig in 2011.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in an April 2004 friendly match against Luxembourg. He earned 6 caps, no goals scored. His final international match was a September 2006 friendly against Venezuela, coming on as a late substitute for striker Roland Linz after first goalkeeper Jürgen Macho was sent off.

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