Sebastian Prödl
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Prödl with Austria in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Sebastian Prödl | ||
| Date of birth | 21 June 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Graz, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender/Midfielder | ||
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Current team
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Watford | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1997 | SV Kirchberg | ||
| 1997–2002 | SV Feldbach | ||
| 2002–2006 | Sturm Graz | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2008 | Sturm Graz | 43 | (4) |
| 2008–2015 | Werder Bremen | 149 | (10) |
| 2010 | Werder Bremen II | 1 | (0) |
| 2015– | Watford | 45 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| Austria U19 | 5 | (0) | |
| Austria U20 | 8 | (1) | |
| 2007– | Austria | 50 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:40, 16 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:18, 1 June 2015 (UTC) |
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Sebastian Prödl (born 21 June 1987) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Watford and the Austrian national team. A full international since 2007, he represented his nation at Euro 2008.
Having started his career at Sturm Graz in 2006 he moved to Germany two years later where he played for Werder Bremen until 2015.
Aged 19, Prödl began his professional career playing for Sturm Graz in the Austrian Bundesliga making his debut on 9 December 2006 in a 3–0 loss against SV Mattersburg. He scored his first Sturm Graz goal against Rheindorf Altach on 9 May 2007, the only goal in a 1–0. Prödl went on to make sixteen appearance and scoring once in his first season.
Prödl soon established himself in the first team at Sturm Graz and despite the international commitment and injury, He went on to score three goals in 27 appearance against SV Mattersburg, Red Bull Salzburg and Austria Kärnten. His performances soon attracted attention from Serie A and Bundesliga clubs. In response to the transfer speculation Sturm Graz placed a price tag of €5 million on him.
On 15 July 2008, Prödl moved to Germany to play for Werder Bremen for a transfer fee of €2.5 million, signing a contract until 2012. Upon joining Werder Bremen, he said his aim at the club was to win trophies.
Pride made his Werder Bremen debut in the first round of the DFB-Pokal in a 9–3 win over Eintracht Nordhorn on 9 August 2008. A week later, he made his league debut for the club, in a 2–2 draw against Arminia Bielefeld. He made his Champions League debut, playing as a right-back, in a 1–1 draw against Inter Milan on 1 October 2008. By the first half of the season, he had appeared in 13 of 17 league matches, also playing in the unfamiliar right-back role in absence of Clemens Fritz. In the last match of the first half of the season he injured his ankle which saw him out for two months. On 7 March 2009, after making the bench in three matches, Prödl returned to the first team in a 0–0 draw against Hoffenheim. He scored his first Werder Bremen goal in the second leg of the last 16 of the UEFA Cup in a 2–2 draw against Saint-Étienne, from which the club progressed winning 3–2 on aggregate. Upon his return he reverted to centre-back going on to make a total of 22 appearances in his first season. Prödl formed a partnership with Naldo in central defence when they beat Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 in the DFB-Pokal Final. He also featured in the UEFA Cup final, playing the full 120 minutes in a 3–2 loss against Shakhtar Donetsk.
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