Thomas Mandl

Thomas Mandl (born 7 February 1979 in Eisenstadt) is an Austrian football goalkeeper, who currently plays for First Vienna in the Austrian Football First League.

Club career He started his career at Austrian giants FK Austria Wien in 1997 where he broke into the first team in 2001. His good displays earned him a call up to the Austria national team. He moved to Swiss League club FC Basel in 2004 but he failed to force his way into the team and was second choice behind Pascal Zuberbühler. In June 2005 he moved back on loan to Austria with VfB Admira Wacker Mödling and in autumn 2006 he had an unsuccessful trial at Vitesse Arnhem in the Dutch Eredivisie. In 2007, he signed for SK Schwadorf after a short spell in the Italian Serie C2 with Nuorese, in July 2008 moved to Trenkwalder Admira.

International career He made his debut for Austria in a November 2002 friendly match against Norway and competed for the national jersey with Alex Manninger for 2 years. He earned 13 caps, no goals scored. His last international was an August 2004 friendly match against Germany.

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Honours Austrian Football Bundesliga (1): 2003 Austrian Cup (1): 2003 Swiss Super League (1): 2005