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 . Transfermarkt.at 
International statistics
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+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsAustria199740199810200030200180Total160

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). Standard.at 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.Kleine Zeitung
Honours
 Austrian Football Bundesliga winner: 1998, 1999.
 Austrian Cup winner: 1996, 1997, 1999, 2008.

References

Other websites
  Official Site

Category:1973 births
Category:Living people
Category:Austrian footballers
Category:Players of the Austrian national football team
Category:SK Sturm Graz players
Category:Austrian football managers
Category:Association football defenders