Christian Gratzei

Christian Gratzei (born 19 September 1981 in Leoben) is a former Austrian football goalkeeper. He plaʏed mainly for SK Sturm Graz. He also played for the Austrian national football team.
Career 
Gratzei began his active career as a footballer in 1987 at DSV Leoben. He played for all of the Donawitz club's youth teams until 1998 and was a member of the professional squad in the second-tier First Division from 1998 onwards. In 2001 Gratzei moved to Grazer AK II. In 2002 he was moved to SK Sturm Graz II. When his coach Foda became coach of the first team Gratzei also got his chance to train with the first team. On 8 March 2003, Gratzei made his debut in the Bundesliga when he played in goal for Graz against SW Bregenz. After a break of more than half a year due to injury, he slowly felt his way back to the top, but was unable to consolidate his position permanently due to a number of mistakes. In the 2005/06 season, Gratzei did not make a single appearance. Since February 2007, he was once again  the regular goalkeeper for SK Sturm. He ended his career after the 2017/18 season.Kleine Zeitung (German) 

In 2019, he took over as goalkeeping coach at Wolfsberger AC. After a year with the U15 of SK Sturm as assistance coach he went to TSV Hartberg. There he was goalkeeper coach and one year assistance coach.

 International 
On 1 February 2008, Gratzei was nominated for the Austrian national team squad for the first time. In the fall of 2009, Gratzei became Austria's second goalkeeper behind Helge Payer. He made his national team debut on 14 October 2009 in the 3-1 defeat against France at the Stade de France. He came in for Payer in the second half. His last match was in a 0-0 versus Romania  on 5 June 2012.ÖFB player profile 
International statistics 
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+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoals  Austria 200920201030201140201210Total100

 Honours 
 1 × Austrian Champion: 2011
 2 × Austrian Cup winner: 2010, 2018 (Sturm Graz)
 2 × Goalkeeper of the Year in Austria: 2008, 2011

References

Category:1981 births
Category:Living people
Category:Players of the Austrian national football team
Category:Austrian football goalkeepers
Category:Association football goalkeepers
Category:Austrian football champions