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9 unusual facts about SV Ried


Christoph Kröpfl

Born in Graz, Kröpfl started playing football with the ESV Austria Graz.Later he joined the Sturm Graz Akademie to make his professional debut for SK Sturm Graz in the 2007/2008 season against SV Ried.

Franz Schiemer

Schiemer came through the youth ranks at SV Ried to make his professional debut in the 2003/2004 season at just 17 years of age.

Gerard Oliva

Gerard Oliva Gregori (born 7 October 1989) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Austrian side SV Ried as a forward.

On 17 January 2014, it was confirmed that Oliva signed a six-month deal with Austrian Bundesliga side SV Josko Ried.

Maikel Verkoelen

Maikel Verkoelen joined PSV at the age of eight, eleven years later, Verkoelen signed a professional contract at the age of 19 and he played against SV Ried in the Europa League qualifying round on 18 August 2011, he only played one minute after coming on the 90th minute for Marcelo.

Peter Burgstaller

He played for Favoritner AC (until 1984), Wacker Innsbruck (1984–1986), Grazer AK (1986–1987), VfB Mödling (1987–1988), Austria Salzburg (1988–1991), SV Ried (1991–1992) and finally a second spell at Austria Salzburg before retiring from the game in 1993.

Ronald Brunmayr

He moved to SV Ried after two years and again two years later he moved to Grazer AK with whom he won a domestic cup, became footballer of the year and topped Austria's goalscoring charts.

He then joined Sturm Graz and rejoined SV Ried before finishing his career at FC Kärnten in 2007 after 325 games and 101 goals, aged only 32 years.

Wolfgang Hesl

When Jaroslav Drobný joined Hamburg in the summer of 2010, Hesl would have been only third choice and was therefore loaned out to Austrian side SV Ried for one season.



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