Gernot Jurtin
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gernot Jurtin | ||
| Date of birth | 9 October 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Scheifling, Austria | ||
| Date of death | 5 December 2006 (aged 51) | ||
| Place of death | Altenmarkt im Pongau, Austria | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1987 | Sturm Graz | 373 | (119) |
| International career | |||
| 1979–1983 | Austria | 12 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gernot Jurtin (9 October 1955 – 5 December 2006) was an Austrian football player, and a legend amongst Sturm Graz fans.
Club career[edit]
Jurtin joined Sturm Graz in the summer of 1974 under coach Karl Schlechta and immediately forced his way into the starting eleven. One of his finest seasons came in 1980/81 when he scored 20 goals in the Bundesliga including five in a 7–0 win against Wiener Sportclub on 5 June 1981. He formed a prolific strike partnership with Bozo Bakota. By the time Jurtin left Sturm Graz in 1987, he had made 373 appearances for them, scoring 119 league goals. The blond-haired number 11 was the first Graz player to break the 100-goal barrier in the league.
International career[edit]
Between 1979 and 1983, he won 12 caps for Austria, scoring one goal. He made two appearances for them in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, against Chile and Northern Ireland.[1]
Death[edit]
On 5 December 2006, he died of cancer at the age of 51.[2]
Honours[edit]
- Austrian Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (1):
- 1981 [3]
External links[edit]
- Gernot Jurtin at National-Football-Teams.com
References[edit]
- ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
- ^ Gernot Jurtin dies - Steiermark.orf (in German)
- ^ "Österreichs Torschützenkönige". www.oberliga-a.at. Archived from the original on September 15, 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
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- 1955 births
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- People from Murau District
- Austrian men's footballers
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- 1982 FIFA World Cup players
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- Deaths from cancer in Austria
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