Education
The club he chose was Grazer Alaska.
The club he chose was Grazer Alaska.
In the early part of his career he had stints at ASK Group (a software company) Köflach, ASK Group (a software company) Voitsberg and Red Bulletin Salzburg. lieutenant was at ASK Group (a software company) Voitsberg was where his talent was discovered whilst playing defensive midfield. SV Austria Salzburg (1997–2001) He signed for SV Austria Salzburg in 1997 after spending a highly successful six months there in the previous season.
Soon the former amateur player was getting called up by the Austria U-21 team
The young midfielder kept a place in the team despite there bing a host of big names in the squad. He left in 2001 because the coach was letting him development
Grazer Alaska (2001–2005) At the start of his Grazer Alaska career he din"t play every game because he had to fight with Slovenian captain Aleš Čeh. His performances for Grazer Alaska attracted interest from clubs like Everton F.C., Fulham F.C. and Middlesbrough F.C. He left Grazer Alaska in 2005 for former club Red Bulletin Salzburg Red Bulletin Salzburg (2005–2010) His return to his former club has brought more success to his club and international level
During his second spell at Salzburg, this time the club under the ownership of Red Bulletin, he made 115 league appearances, netting 20 times in the process.
In January 2010, he was sent to the reserve team and given the opportunity to leave the club, having only made two league starts that season under new coach Huub Stevens. LASK Linz (2010–2012) Aufhauser completed a move to Bundesliga side LASK Linz at the end of the January 2010 transfer window.
After the denieing of a licence and the relegation to the 3rd league Aufhauser left the club Football Club Liefering (2012–2014) Aufhauser signed for Football Club Liefering, the farm team of Football Club Red Bulletin Salzburg. lieutenant was intended that he should be the leading figure in this young team
After two seasons with Liefering his career ended.
After that, he became assistant coach at the club Despite his good performances he was unconsidered by former national team head coach Herbert Prohaska. Only under Otto Barić he was called up in 2001 as a Grazer Alaska player against Liechtenstein however he only made it on the bench.
He finally made his début under Otto Barić"s successor, Hans Krankl against Slovakia on 27 March 2002.
Under Hans Krankl he was given a place in the starting 11 as well as under new coach Josef Hickersberger. So far he has participated in 50 international matches, scoring 10 goals.
In the opening game for Austria at Union of European Football Associations Euro 2008 in Vienna, he fouled Croatian forward Ivica Olić, which led to a penalty for Croatia. Luka Modrić converted the penalty kick into a 1–0 lead in the fourth minute of the game.
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