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Helge Payer

ヘルゲ・パイヤー　/　へるげ・ぱいやー

Association football player from Austria

August 9, 1979 (age 46)　・　Wels, Upper Austria, Austria

Upper Austria
association football player
journalist

My Take

Helge Payer's second act is what really fascinates me. The Wels-born goalkeeper, standing 184 cm, guarded the net for the Austria national team, and goalkeeping is the loneliest job in the sport, where a single mistake becomes a goal and the pressure never lets up. That a man who carried that weight reinvented himself as a journalist after hanging up his gloves is wonderfully fitting. Having protected the pitch with his eyes, he now shapes the game with words. Born in 1979, he chose to compete on an entirely new field in life's second half, and I find that kind of fearless reinvention deeply admirable.

Overview

Helge Payer (born 9 August 1979) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for the Austria national team.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Helge Payer
Name (Japanese): ヘルゲ・パイヤー
Reading: へるげ・ぱいやー
Born: August 9, 1979 (age 46)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Goat
Origin: Wels, Upper Austria, Austria
Blood type: Private
Height: 184 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / journalist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BC

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