Andreas Ivanschitz

Andreas Ivanschitz (; born 15 October 1983) is a former Austrian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Career
He began his career in his local club ASK baumgarten where he played till 1989. He was discovered by SK Rapids scouts and changed to SK Rapid Wien. He was only 16 years old when he played his first match for Rapid in an Austrian Cup match against WSK Ranshofen. His debut in the first league he made in 2000 versus Wüstenrot Salzburg. He played 147 matches and scored 25 goals for Rapid. In 2006 he went on to FC Red Bull Salzburg but in summer he went to Greece playing with Panathinaikos. In 2009 he went on loan to 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the German Bundesliga. In 2011 he signed a permanent contract with Mainz.
International
He played for the first time in the national team in February 2003 in a friendly match against France. He came in for Markus Weissenberger. He also played in the EURO 2008 team. In 2009 the new coach, Didi Constantini, told the public, that he would never call him up again.
Club career statistics

|-
|1999–00||rowspan="7"|Rapid Wien||rowspan="7"|Bundesliga||1||0
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|2000–01||14||2
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|2001–02||24||1
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|2002–03||36||5
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|2003–04||25||7
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|2004–05||28||5
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|2005–06||18||5
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|2005–06||rowspan="2"|Red Bull Salzburg||rowspan="2"|Bundesliga||12||1
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|2006–07||1||0

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|2006–07||rowspan="3"|Panathinaikos||rowspan="3"|Super League||26||4
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|2007–08||24||3
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|2008–09||17||3

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|2009–10||Mainz||Bundesliga||||
159||26
67||10
0||0
226||36
|}

International career statistics

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|2003||4||1
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|2004||6||1
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|2005||8||0
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|2006||8||1
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|2007||9||2
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|2008||13||2
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|2009||1||0
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|2011||3||1
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|2012||7||1
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|2013||5||1
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|2014||2||0
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!Total||65||10
|}
Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each  Ivanschitz goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Andreas IvanschitzNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1  11 October 2003   Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria  2-12-3 UEFA Euro 2004 qualification2 4 September 2004    Ernst-Happel-Stadion ,  Vienna, Austria  2-22-2  FIFA World Cup 2006 qualification3 23 May 2006    Ernst-Happel-Stadion ,  Vienna, Austria  1-11-4  Friendly match4 7 February 2007     Ta'Qali ,   La Valetta,  Malta  1-11-1  Friendly match5 17 October 2007      Tivoli ,   Innsbruck,  Austria  2-13-2  Friendly match66 September 2008  Ernst-Happel-Stadion ,  Vienna, Austria  3-13-1FIFA World Cup 2010 qualification77 October 2011   Stadion Dalga ,   Baku,  Azerbaijan  1-04-1  UEFA Euro 2012 qualification829 February 2012    Wörthersee Stadion ,   Klagenfurt,  Austria  3-03-1  Friendly match915 August 2012  Ernst-Happel-Stadion ,  Vienna, Austria  2-02-0  Friendly match1022 March 2013  Ernst-Happel-Stadion ,  Vienna, Austria  3-06-0   FIFA World Cup  2014 qualification

Family 
His son Ilia   became also a professional footballer. He plays for FC Liefering in the 2nd Austrian league.

References

Category:1983 births
Category:Living people
Category:Austrian footballers
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Category:People from Burgenland
Category:Players of the Austrian national football team
Category:UEFA Euro 2008 players
Category:Austrian football midfielders