Bruno Pezzey

Bruno Edmund Pezzey (3 February 1955 – 31 December 1994) was an Austrian professional footballer. He played as a defender and is regarded one of Austria's best defenders of all times.

Club career
Pezzey began in the youth of FC Lauterach in Vorarlberg. His professional career started at FC Vorarlberg. Then he moved to FC Wacker Innsbruck With Innsbruck he won two league titles and a cup. In 1978 he went to the Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt In this time he won the UEFA Cup and a DFB-Pokal. Then he spent  four seasons with Werder Bremen. He returned to Innsbruck in 1987 and won two league titles and a domestic cup.

International career
Pezzey made his debut for Austria in June 1975 against Czechoslovakia and played at the 1978 FIFA World Cup and 1982 FIFA World Cup. In the 1982 World Cup he scored Austria's first goal in the 2–2 draw with Northern Ireland in Madrid. He played 84 matches and shot nine goals. His last match was an August 1990 friendly match against Switzerland.
International statistics
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+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoals  Austria1975501976811977801978132197972198051198160198282198351198460198550198610198760199010Total 849

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pezzey goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Bruno PezzeyNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition110 November 1976 Nationalstadion,  Kavala, Greece  3-03-0      Friendly match230 August 1978 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway   1-02-0  UEFA Euro 1980 qualification320 September 1978 Prater Stadion,   Vienna,  Austria    1-03-2  UEFA Euro 1980 qualification413 June 1979  Praterstadion,  Vienna, Austria  1-04-3  Friendly match54-3615 November 1980  Prater Stadion,   Vienna,  Austria    1-05-0   1982 FIFA World Cup qualification71 July 1982  Estadio Vicente Calderón,    Madrid,   Spain    1-12-2   1982 FIFA World Cup817 November 1982   Gerhard-Hanappi-Stadion,    Vienna,  Austria    2-04-0   UEFA Euro 1984 qualification917 May 1983 Prater Stadion,   Vienna,  Austria    2-22-2   Friendly match

Managing career
He was assistance coach for the Austrian U21 national team from 1991 till 1993. The next season he was headcoach of the team.

Death and legacy
Pezzey died of heart failure in a hospital on New Year's Eve 1994 after playing in a game of ice hockey short before his 40th birthday. He left behind his wife and two daughters. His youth club, FC Lauterach, named its ground in his honour.Also the Award of the VdF (Vereinigung der Fußballspieler- Union of Football Players) is named after him.

Honours
Wacker Innsbruck
 Austrian Bundesliga: 1975, 1977
 Austrian Cup: 1975

Eintracht Frankfurt
 UEFA Cup: 1980
 DFB-Pokal: 1981

Swarovski Tirol
 Austrian Bundesliga: 1989, 1990
 Austrian Cup: 1989

References

Other websites



 Bruno Pezzey at Eintracht Archiv

Category:1955 births
Category:1994 deaths
Category:Austrian footballers
Category:Association football defenders
Category:1978 FIFA World Cup players
Category:1982 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Players of the Austrian national football team
Category:Austrian football defenders
Category:Austrian football champions