Michael Konsel

Goalkeepers rarely get the love they deserve, and that's exactly why Michael Konsel earns my admiration. A Viennese keeper standing 185 cm, he spent his career as the lonely last line of defense, the position where one mistake echoes loudest. Being awarded the Golden Order of Merit of the Republic of Austria tells me his contribution went beyond clean sheets into something nationally significant. He also has his own website. There's a stubborn, understated integrity to keepers like him that I find quietly compelling.

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Name (English)

Michael Konsel

Name (Japanese)

ミヒャエル・コンゼル

Reading

みひゃえる・こんぜる

Born

March 6, 1962 (age 64)

Origin

Vienna, Austria

Height

185 cm

Occupation

association football player / goalkeeper

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Tiger

Awards & achievements

• Golden Order of Merit of the Republic of Austria

• Official sitehttps://www.konsel.at/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Konsel
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%92%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q691814

Tags

• association football player
• goalkeeper

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.