Name Karl Braunsteiner Years Team | Playing position Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |
Date of birth (1891-10-27)October 27, 1891 Date of death April 19, 1916(1916-04-19) (aged 24) | ||
Place of death Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||
Karl Braunsteiner (27 October 1891 – 19 April 1916 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan) was an Austrian football (soccer) player.
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Club career
Regarded as one of the biggest talents of his era, the small defender played for Wiener Sportclub.
During World War I he came to Poland as a gunner. He was captured and died in Tashkent due to typhoid fever as a prisoner of war.
International career
Braunsteiner was a member of the Austrian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics and played two matches in the main tournament as well as three matches in the consolation tournament.
For the Austrian national team he played 8 games.
References
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