- Bruno Pezzey
Football player infobox
playername= Bruno Pezzey
fullname = Bruno Edmund Pezzey
height = height|m=1.88
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date|1955|2|3
cityofbirth =Lauterach
countryofbirth =Austria
dateofdeath = death date and age|1994|12|31|1955|2|3
cityofdeath =Innsbruck
countryofdeath =Austria
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs = FC Lauterach
years = 1973-19741974-19781978-19831983-19871987-1990
clubs =FC Vorarlberg Wacker InnsbruckEintracht Frankfurt Werder BremenFC Swarovski Tirol "career totals"
caps(goals) = 028 0(?)129 (19)141 (27)114 (18)086 0(6) "498 (70)"
nationalyears = 1975-1990
nationalteam = fb|Austria
nationalcaps(goals) = 084 (09)Bruno Edmund Pezzey (*
February 3 ,1955 – †December 31 ,1994 ) was anAustria n footballer.Club career
Regarded as one of Austria's best defenders of all time, Pezzey started his professional career at local side FC Vorarlberg and moved to
FC Wacker Innsbruck after only one season, winning two league titles and a domestic cup. The sweeper then joinedEintracht Frankfurt in 1978, winning theUEFA Cup and a German Cup. Four seasons with Werder Bremen did not bring him any silverware (but runner-up to the league title twice) and he returned to Innsbruck in 1987 to win two league titles and a domestic cup again.International career
He made his debut for Austria in June 1975 against Czechoslovakia and was a participant at the
1978 FIFA World Cup and1982 FIFA World Cup . [ [http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=174856/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] - FIFA] In the latter tournament, he scored Austria's first goal in the 2-2 draw with Northern Ireland inMadrid . He earned 84 caps, scoring 9 goals, still ranked fifth withFriedrich Koncilia in Austria's all-time appearances list. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/oost-recintlp.html Appearances for Austrian National Team] - RSSSF] His final international appearance was an August 1990 friendly match against Switzerland.Death and legacy
Pezzey died of heart failure in an Innsbruck hospital on New Year's Eve 1994 after participating in a game of ice hockey, just a few weeks short of his 40th birthday. [ [http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/1995/0102/none/0061/index.html Trauer um Österreicher Pezzey] - Berliner Zeitung de icon] He left behind his wife and two daughters. His youth club, FC Lauterach, named its sports complex in his honour [ [http://www.fc-lauterach.com/verein/ Sportanlage Bruno Pezzey] - FC Lauterach]
Honours
*
UEFA Cup (1):
** 1980
*Austrian Football Bundesliga (4):
** 1975, 1977, 1989, 1990
*Austrian Cup (2):
** 1975, 1989
*German Cup (1):
** 1981External links
* [http://www.eintracht-archiv.de/pezzey.html Bruno Pezzey] - Eintracht Archiv
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=17697 Career stats] - National Football TeamsReferences
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