Jürgen Patocka 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 football player who currently plays for Rapid Vienna as a 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....

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Club career

Late-developing Patocka started his professional career with Second Division

Austrian Football First League

The Austrian Football First League is the second highest professional division in Austrian football. It contains 10 teams and is run in the same fashion as the Austrian Bundesliga...

 outfit SC Austria Lustenau

SC Austria Lustenau

SC Austria Lustenau is an Austrian association football club based in Lustenau. It was founded in 1914. They play at the Reichshofstadion.- Current squad :As of 12 August 2011.-See also:* List of football clubs...

 for whom he played over three seasons before making his debut in the top flight with SV Mattersburg

SV Mattersburg

SV Mattersburg is an Austrian association football club from Mattersburg, Burgenland. For sponsorship reasons, the club is currently also known as SV Bauwelt Koch Mattersburg....

 in 2004. With Mattersburg, the tall defender lost two successive cup finals

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...

 to Austria Wien and in 2007 he moved to Rapid Wien to win his first league title in 2008.

International career

He made his debut for Austria

Austria national football team

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 in a May 2007 friendly match against Scotland

Scotland national football team

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 and was part of the Austrian squad during EURO 2008 on home soil but never figured in any of Austria's three games.

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