Roland Hattenberger (born 7 December 1948) is a former

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Club career

Born in

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, Hattenberger started his professional career at lower league outfit Wattens, before moving to

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side

SSW Innsbruck FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol. History The ''Fußball-Club Wacker'' ("Valiant") ''Innsbruck'' was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and o ...

in 1971. After three seasons there he was lured to the German

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and stayed there for seven years with

SC Fortuna Köln SC Fortuna Köln is a German association football club based in the city of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. History The club was formed as on 21 February 1948 through the merger of three local sides: Victoria Köln 1911 (one of two clubs to ...

and

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. He rejoined Innsbruck in 1981 and finished his career with SC Kufstein in 1987.

International career

He made his debut for

in a June 1972 World Cup qualification match against

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and was a participant at the

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and

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World Cups. He earned 51 caps, scoring three goals. His last international game was on 28 June 1982 at the World Cup against

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. His son, Matthias Hattenberger plays currently in the Austrian

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for First Vienna FC 1894.

Honours

;SSW Innsbruck *

: 1971–72,

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: 1972–73

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Roland Hattenberger
at Fussballportal * * 1948 births Living people People from Schwaz District Austrian men's footballers Austrian expatriate men's footballers Austria men's international footballers 1978 FIFA World Cup players 1982 FIFA World Cup players FC Wacker Innsbruck players SC Fortuna Köln players VfB Stuttgart players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Tyrol (federal state) Austrian expatriate sportspeople in West Germany WSG Tirol players 20th-century Austrian sportsmen {{austria-footy-midfielder-stub