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Bruno Pezzey
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Austria

Bruno Pezzey

Icon CB, also CDM Right-footed sweeper
Rating
85
Caps
84
Goals
9
Life
1955–1994
Clubs
FC Wacker Innsbruck, Eintracht Frankfurt, SV Werder Bremen
#11
Editorial rank of 33 for Austria
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The people's rank, live from duel votes

Elegant and commanding, this towering defender was Austria's premier centre-back of the 1980s, starring for Frankfurt and Bremen. Career record: 84 caps and 9 goals for Austria; club career at FC Wacker Innsbruck, Eintracht Frankfurt, SV Werder Bremen.

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Career record

1973–1974FC Rätia Bludenz
1974–1978FC Wacker Innsbruck
1978–1983Eintracht Frankfurt
1983–1987SV Werder Bremen
1987–1990FC Swarovski Tirol
Austria84 caps, 9 goals

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Around Pezzey in the almanac

One rank above: Anton Schall at #10.

One rank below: Gerhard Hanappi at #12.

Austria's editorial top five: Matthias Sindelar · Ernst Ocwirk · David Alaba · Hans Krankl · Ernst Happel.