Andreas Ulmer

Andreas Ulmer (born October 30, 1985) is an Austrian football player playing for F.C. Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga as defender. His father,Gerhard Ulmer, and his uncle, Fritz Ulmer, were also footballplayers, playing for SK Voest Linz.
Career
He started playing football in the local clubs SK Asten and LASK Linz. At the age of 14 he went to the Frank Stronach Academy in Hollabrunn (a school, where you can also visit a school beside your football education). He got his A-levels and then played for the second squad of FK Austria Wien after his debut for Austria Wien in the 2004/05 season. 2008/09 he played for  SV Ried and then went to F.C. Red Bull Salzburg.

For Red Bull Salzburg he played regularly as left defender. In the 2009/10 season he played all matches of Red Bull Salzburg. This year he even played 37 matches in the league, because he came in Winter to Red Bull Salzburg which had to play a match from the first half of the season in the second half, so Andreas Ulmer played this year 22 matches for SV Ried and 15 for Red Bull Salzburg. So far he is the only player in the whole football history of Austria who did one match more than the regular 36. During the warm-up for a Championsleague qualifing match versus Omonia Nikosia he was badly injured so he missed the first half of the season 2010/11.  During the 2017–18 season, Salzburg and Ulmer had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group before beating Real Sociedad, Borussia Dortmund and Lazio Rom and reached for the first time the UEFA Europa League semi-final.

2022 he signed another year for FC Red Bull Salzburg.Official Homepage After 582 competitive appearances, Ulmer left Salzburg after the 2023/24 season. FC Red Bull Salzburg  He did not find a new club in the following six months. So in February 2025, Ulmer ended his playing career at the age of 39. Krone.at 

International career
On 11th February 2009 he played his first match for the Austrian national team versus Sweden. 2015 he had a break in the team but 2017 he played again for the national team. He was part of the team for the European championship an played two matches in the tournament.ÖFB.at
Career statistics 
International 
Transfermarkt.at 
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsAustria200920201420201180201280201360201480201710201850201980202040202190202210202310Total620

Honours
Austria Wien
Austrian Bundesliga: 2006
Austrian Cup (1):2006
Red Bull Salzburg
Austrian Bundesliga (13): 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Austrian Cup (9): 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

References

Other websites

Official homepage-Profile Andreas Ulmer

Category:1985 births
Category:Living people
Category:Austrian footballers
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Category:Sportspeople from Linz
Category:Players of the Austrian national football team
Category:Austrian football defenders
Category:Austrian football champions