Helge Payer

Helge Payer
	Payer with Rapid Vienna
Personal information
Date of birth	9 August 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Wels, Austria
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1985–1991	Eintracht Wels
1991–2001	Rapid Vienna
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2001	→ Kottingbrunn (loan)
2001–2012	Rapid Vienna
2012–2013	Kalloni
Total
International career
	Austria U16
	Austria U17
	Austria U18
	Austria U21
2003–2009	Austria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Helge Payer (born 9 August 1979) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for the Austria national team.

Club career

Payer came through the youth ranks at Rapid Wien to make his professional debut in the 2001–02 season, taking over the first-choice spot from Czech veteran Ladislav Maier. In 2006, he was also named team captain. With Rapid, he won two league titles, also appearing five times in the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League group stage.

On 27 August 2009, he saved an Ashley Young penalty at Villa Park in the UEFA Europa League as Rapid Wien lost to Aston Villa 2–1. Rapid did, however, proceed to the next round via the away goals rule.

International career

Payer made his debut for Austria in a Euro 2004 qualifier in June 2003, against Belarus, coming on as a late substitute for Thomas Mandl.

After becoming a regular starter for the Nationalmannschaft, Payer was included in the 23-man squad for in Euro 2008, but was forced to pull out due to an intestinal thrombosis.^[1]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[2]
National team	Year	Apps
Austria	2003	2
	2004	1
	2005	4
	2006	4
	2007	3
	2008	1
	2009	5
Total		20

Honours

Rapid Wien

Austrian Bundesliga: 2004-05, 2007-08

References

^ "Austria's Payer signed off for six months". Archived from the original on 2 June 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
^ Helge Payer at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

Official website (in German)
Rapid Wien profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 September 2008) (in German)
Rapid Wien stats (in German)
Helge Payer at National-Football-Teams.com
Austrian FA Website

[1] "Austria's Payer signed off for six months". Archived from the original on 2 June 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2008.

[2] Helge Payer at National-Football-Teams.com

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