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My Take
What draws me to Martin Stranzl is the quiet durability of his career. A 190 cm defender from the tiny town of Güssing who managed to carve out a living across three German clubs and even Spartak Moscow, he is the kind of unglamorous professional that genuinely keeps teams afloat. Defenders rarely get the headlines, yet surviving that many leagues demands tactical intelligence and ruthless consistency. His Euro 2008 appearance and his pivot into coaching tell me he was always reading the game, not just playing it. I respect players who turn experience into a second act, and Stranzl strikes me as exactly that type.
Overview
Martin Stranzl (born 16 June 1980) is an Austrian professional football coach and a former player who played as a defender. He played for German clubs 1860 Munich, Stuttgart and Borussia Mönchengladbach, as well as Russian club Spartak Moscow during his career, and also represented the Austria national football team at UEFA Euro 2008.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Martin Stranzl
- Name (Japanese)
- マーティン・シュトランツル
- Reading
- まーてぃん・しゅとらんつる
- Born
- June 16, 1980 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Monkey
- Origin
- Güssing, Burgenland, Austria
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 190 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
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
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from Austria →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.