Christoph Westerthaler (11 January 1965 – 20 July 2018) was an Austrian football coach and player.
Club career
Nicknamed Gischi, Westerthaler was a small-built striker who started his professional career at FC Wacker Innsbruck and stayed with them for nine years, split by a two-season period at LASK Linz. With the Tyrolean side he won two league titles and two domestic cups. In 1994, he moved to SK Vorwärts Steyr only to rejoin LASK two years later. In 1997, he moved abroad and played in Germany for the two major Frankfurt teams and VfL Osnabrück.
In the summer of 2001 he finished his career as a player because of a knee cartilage damage.
International career
Westerthaler made his debut for Austria in an October 1989 friendly match against Malta but was not considered for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He earned 6 caps, no goals scored. His final international game was a November 1993 World Cup qualification match against Sweden.
Death
On 20 July 2018, Westerthaler died at the age of 53, due to a heart attack.
Honours
Austrian Bundesliga: 1989, 1990
Austrian Cup: 1989, 1993
Austrian Bundesliga top goalscorer: 1992
External links
German Bundesliga stats - Fussballportal
References
1965 births
2018 deaths
People from Imst District
Footballers from Tyrol (state) Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers Austrian expatriate men's footballers FC Wacker Innsbruck players LASK players SK Vorwärts Steyr players APOEL FC players Eintracht Frankfurt players FSV Frankfurt players VfL Osnabrück players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Bundesliga players Cypriot First Division players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Austrian football managers SV Horn managers FC Tirol Innsbruck players WSG Tirol players FC Swarovski Tirol players