Gilbert Prilasnig

**Gilbert Prilasnig** (born 1 April 1973) is an Austrian former football player. He played as defender mainly for SK Sturm Graz. He also played for the Austrian national football team. He is now coach  for SK Sturm Graz Academy U18 .

## Club career

Prilasnig began his career at the age of twelve at VST Völkermarkt in Carinthia. He played there until he graduated from high school.In 1991 he went to Sturm Graz until 2001. There he had his greatest successes. He became two times Austrian champion and three times cup winner. He also took part part in the UEFA Champions League three times.

After his time with Sturm he played for Aris Thessaloniki, FC Kärnten, Cambridge United , DSV Leoben, Miedź Legnica, SV Horn and SC Wiesfleck, where a friend of him was coach. 2011 his career ended.

## International career

Prilasnig played 16 matches for the Austrian national team. he made his debut in 1997 in a 3-0 win in Estonia. In the course of the World Cup qualification at that time, the Austrians made it to the 1998 World Cup, where Prilasnig was absent due to injury. His last match was 2001 in a 0-5 loss versus Turkey.

### International statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Austria|1997|4|0|
|1998|1|0|||
|2000|3|0|||
|2001|8|0|||

## Personal life

Since 2004, Gilbert Prilasnig has also been involved socially as team manager of the Austrian homeless national team . He prepares them for the annual Homeless World Cup (HWC). For this work he was awarded the _Graz Human Rights Prize_ in 2017 together with Harald Schmied.

In addition to his football career, he studied linguistics  at the University of Graz and graduated with a master's degree.

## Honours

- Austrian Football Bundesliga winner: 1998, 1999.
- Austrian Cup winner: 1996, 1997, 1999, 2008.

## Other websites

- Official Site

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Gilbert Prilasnig
- **image**: Gilbert Prilasnig - SV Horn (01).jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **birth place**: Klagenfurt, Austria
- **position**: Defender (football), Defender
- **currentclub**: SV Horn
- **clubnumber**: 8
- **youthyears1**: 1985–1991
- **youthclubs1**: VST Völkermarkt
- **years1**: 1991–2001
- **years2**: 2001–2002
- **years3**: 2002–2003
- **years4**: 2004
- **years5**: 2005–2007
- **years6**: 2007
- **years7**: 2007–2010
- **years8**: 2010–2011
- **clubs1**: SK Sturm Graz
- **clubs2**: Aris Thessaloniki F.C., Aris Thessaloniki
- **clubs3**: FC Kärnten
- **clubs4**: Cambridge United F.C., Cambridge United
- **clubs5**: DSV Leoben
- **clubs6**: Miedź Legnica
- **clubs7**: SV Horn
- **clubs8**: SC Wiesfleck
- **caps1**: 223
- **caps2**: 15
- **caps3**: 5
- **caps5**: 50
- **caps6**: 6
- **caps7**: 82
- **goals1**: 24
- **goals2**: 0
- **goals3**: 0
- **goals5**: 2
- **goals6**: 0
- **goals7**: 3
- **nationalyears1**: 1995
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national under-21 football team, Austria U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1997–2000
- **nationalteam2**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps2**: 16
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 2010–2011
- **managerclubs1**: SK Sturm Graz, SK Sturm Graz Jugend (sporting director)
- **manageryears2**: 2011-2013
- **managerclubs2**: Austria national under-19 football team, Austria U19 (assistance coach)
- **manageryears3**: 2012-2013
- **managerclubs3**: Austria national under-16 football team, Austria U16 (assistance coach)
- **manageryears4**: 2013-2015
- **managerclubs4**: Austria national under-17 football team, Austria U17 (assistance coach)
- **manageryears5**: 2021-2024
- **managerclubs5**: SK Sturm Graz, SK Sturm Graz Academy U18
- **manageryears6**: 2025
- **managerclubs6**: Oststeiermark Academy U16
- **manageryears7**: 2025 -
- **managerclubs7**: Oststeiermark Academy U19