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Karl Braunsteiner (27 October 1891 – 19 April 1916) was an Austrian football (soccer) player.[1]

Karl Braunsteiner

Karl Braunsteiner and Josef Brandstätter
Personal information
Date of birth	(1891-10-27)27 October 1891
Date of death	19 April 1916(1916-04-19) (aged 24)
Place of death	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Wiener SC
National team
	Austria	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Regarded as one of the biggest talents of his era, the small defender played for Wiener Sportclub.

During World War I he came to Poland as a gunner. He was captured and died in Tashkent due to typhoid fever as a prisoner of war.[2]

International career

Braunsteiner was a member of the Austrian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics and played two matches in the main tournament as well as three matches in the consolation tournament.[3][4]

For the Austrian national team he played 8 games.

See also

• List of Olympians killed in World War I

References

External links

• WSC profile (in German)

На других языках

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- [en] Karl Braunsteiner

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[it] Karl Braunsteiner

Karl Braunsteiner (Vienna, 27 ottobre 1891 – Tashkent, 19 aprile 1916) è stato un calciatore austriaco, di ruolo centrocampista.

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[ru] Браунштайнер, Карл

Карл Браунштайнер (нем. Karl Braunsteiner; 27 октября 1891[1], Вена — 19 апреля 1916, Ташкент, Туркестанский край) — австрийский футболист, играл на позиции защитника. Участник летних Олимпийских игр в 1912 году[2].

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