Ernst Ogris (9 December 1967 – 29 March 2017) was an Austrian football player.[1]

Club career

Ogris started his career at Austria Wien, but left them for St. Pölten in 1988.[2] A crowd favorite there, Ernstl scored 18 goals in 64 games for them[3] then joined Admira/Wacker with whom he lost the 1992 Austrian Cup Final. He had his most successful period with Admira[4] and had a season in the German Zweite (Second) Bundesliga with Hertha BSC.[5]

After another short stint at Admira, Ogris played at several lower league sides.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in a June 1991 European Championship qualifier against Denmark in which he immediately scored a goal. It proved to be his sole international match.[6]

Personal life

He was the younger brother of Andreas Ogris.[7]

Death

In March 2017 Ogris was struck by a viral infection which affected his kidney, liver, heart and brain. He was artificially put in a coma KFJ-Krankenhaus[8] and died there on 29 March.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Ernst Ogris". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  2. ^ Profile - Austria Wien Archiv (in German)
  3. ^ Die SKN-Familie trauert um Ernst Ogris Archived 2017-04-02 at the Wayback Machine - SKN Skt Pölten (in German)
  4. ^ Trauer um Ernst Ogris - Admira (in German)
  5. ^ Hertha BSC trauert um Ernst Ogris - Hertha BSC (in German)
  6. ^ Intl career stats - EU Football
  7. ^ "Andreas Ogris - International Appearances". RSSSF. 1 October 2015.
  8. ^ Ex-Teamspieler Ernst Ogris (49) im Koma Archived 2017-04-01 at the Wayback Machine - Heute (in German)
  9. ^ Ex-Teamspieler Ernst Ogris ist tot Archived 2017-04-01 at the Wayback Machine - Heute (in German)


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