Roman Wallner

Football player infobox
playername= Roman Wallner
fullname = Roman Wallner
nickname =


dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1982|2|4|df=y
cityofbirth = Graz
countryofbirth = Austria
height = height|m=1.76
currentclub = Skoda Xanthi
clubnumber =
position = Forward
years = 1998–1999 1999–2004 2004–2005 2005 2005–2007 2007–2008 2007 2008 2008–
clubs = Sturm Graz Rapid Wien Hannover 96 Admira Wacker Austria Vienna Falkirk →Hamilton Academical "(loan)" Apollon Kalamarias Skoda Xanthi
caps(goals) = 000 0(0) 134 (42)
010 0(0)
015 0(1)
039 0(6)
002 0(0)
004 0(1)
nationalyears = 2001-
nationalteam = fb|Austria
nationalcaps(goals) = 023 0(5)
pcupdate = 30 August 2008
ntupdate = 30 August 2008

Roman Wallner (born February 4, 1982 in Graz, Austria) is an Austrian football player, currently at Greek side Apollon Kalamarias.

Career

Domestic

Wallner began his career with hometown Sturm Graz in 1998. In the following year he moved to Rapid Wien, where he would have his most successful years, appearing in over 100 matches and scoring 42 goals over five seasons with the club. He then spent one year spells at German club Hannover 96 and VfB Admira Wacker Mödling before signing with Austria Vienna in 2005. He left the club in 2007.

At the beginning of the 2007-2008 season, Wallner signed a 1 year contract including the option of a 2nd year with Scottish Premier League outfit Falkirk F.C.. [ [http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/falkirk-news/austrian-hot-shot-signs-for-bairns.html Wallner signs for Falkirk] - Falkirk]

In November 2007, Roman signed for Scottish First Division Hamilton Academical on loan from Falkirk. [ [http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/falkirk-news/wallner-departs-falkirk-2.html Wallner released] - Falkirk] He returned to Falkirk the following month.

In January 2008, he travelled to Greece where he was on trial for the Greek Cup 2006-07 winners Larissa F.C.. In the same month Falkirk announced that Wallner had been released from his contract by mutual consent. In late January, he signed with Apollon Kalamarias.

On February 3 2008, Apollon Kalamarias' player Barkoglou scored a last minute goal in a match against Olympiacos which ended 1-0 to Apollon. Olympiakos appealed against Wallner's appearance in the match [ [http://www.sportingreece.com/kb/article.asp?fIndex=1262 Olympiakos appeal] - Sportingreece] , because according to FIFA rules a player could play for no more than two teams per season (having already played for Falkirk F.C. and Hamilton Academical), because of this Apollon lost the game in cards 0-3 and had 1 point deducted. The case went to the jurisdiction of CAS. The appeal for provisional measures was declined. After the end of the Greek Superleague, Apollon Kalamarias was relegated and the deducted points would be unefficient to keeo the clear of relegation. Therefore, the appeal against the first decision was withdrawn. Olympiakos won the title leading the table with runners-up AEK Athens trailing by only two points. This fact, along with the claims by the AEK chairman Demis Nikolaidis and footballers like Rivaldo, Traianos Dellas and Nikos Lyberopoulos that the Greek Football Association was responsible for this outcome, left the AEK fans with a taste of unjustice.By then, Roman Wallner was one of the most identifiable and recnognisable footballers in Greece and the controversy about his case will be remembered by all the Greek football fans in the years to come.

International

He made his debut for Austria in an April 2001 World Cup qualification match against Liechtenstein and has earned 23 caps, scoring 5 goals. His final international was a September 2006 friendly match against Venezuela.

Honours

*Austrian Football Bundesliga (1):
** 2006
*Austrian Cup (2):
** 2006, 2007

External links

* [http://www.romanwallner.com Official homepage]
* [http://www.apollonkalamariasfc.gr/en_pages/squad/players/wallner.htm Player profile] - Apollon Kalamarias
* [http://www.austria-archiv.at/spieler.php?Spieler_ID=603 Player profile] - Austria Archive
* [http://rapidarchiv.at/spieler/wallner_roman2.html Rapid stats] - Rapid Archiv

References