nationalcaps birth_date currentclub pcupdate years caps goals nationalyears image caption fullname ntupdate birth_place nationalteam height clubnumber nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
3 2 may 1981 schalke 04 23 may 2015 2001 2012 -- 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015 -- -- 2004 2004 -- 2006 2007 -- 2012 0 62 7 111 49 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2008 -- 2009 file : michael gspurning sounders fc practice.jpg gspurning at practice with seattle in 2013 . michael gspurning 25 march 2012 graz , austria austria 1.95 30 0 austria wien austria sounders fc paok platanias schalke 04 ii schalke 04 wien dsv leoben askÖ pasching skoda xanthi seattle goalkeeper michael gspurning

michael gspurning

michael gspurning -lrb- , born 2 may 1981 -rrb- is an austrian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper who plays for schalke 04 ii .
born in the city of graz in southeast austria , gspurning has been called up to the austrian national team 3 times , including 2 world cup qualifying matches .
gspurning began his career at austria wien in the austrian bundesliga and moved to dsv leoben after not appearing for the senior team .
he played for 3 seasons at leoben in the third-tier regionalliga mitte before moving to askÖ pasching in the bundesliga in 2004 .
he played 7 total games and was a substitute in uefa cup matches before moving to skoda xanthi of superleague greece , where he played for 5 seasons .
gspurning was signed by the seattle sounders of major league soccer in december 2011 and was their primary goalkeeper for two seasons , having the third-lowest gaa of all mls goalkeepers in his debut season .
