Otto Konrad
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Otto Konrad 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
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  goalkeeper.

Club career

Konrad started his professional career with local outfit Sturm Graz, where he stayed 11 years before enjoying a successful period at Austria Salzburg.
He played in both legs of the 1994 UEFA Cup Final which they lost to Inter Milan.
Also, he scored the goal of the 1994/1995 season against Stahl Linz In 1995 he won the Römer Award in honour of his success.

In 1997 he joined Spanish side Real Zaragoza
Real Zaragoza
Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. is a Spanish association football team from Zaragoza in Spain. Founded on 18 March 1932, Real Zaragoza have spent the majority of their 78 year history in the Spanish top-flight. Real Zaragoza are Spain's 9th highest ranked team in overall league points...

 to become their first goalkeeper but he left them after only one and a half season to return to Austria.

International career

He made his debut for Austria
Austria national football team
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 in a May 1989 friendly match against Norway
Norway national football team
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 and was a participant at the 1990 FIFA World Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...

. He earned 12 caps, no goals scored. His last international was an August 1995 European Championship qualification match against Latvia
Latvia national football team
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.

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