Pirmin Franz Strasser (born 16 October 1990) is an Austrian

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who plays as a

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for St. Pölten.

Club career

Born in

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, Strasser began his career with

SV Grödig Sportverein Grödig is an Austrian association football club from Grödig. The team currently competes in the Regionalliga Salzburg, the third tier of Austrian football. Grödig were relegated from the Austrian Bundesliga at the end of the ...

in the second division. In July 2010, his contract expired and he was allowed to leave. Strasser signed with

SV Ried SV Ried, commonly known as SV Guntamatic Ried for sponsorship reasons, is an Austrian association football club based in Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria. The team plays its home matches at Josko Arena, a stadium with a capacity of 7,680. The t ...

after two months without a club. However, he failed to make an appearance for his new team, and in early January 2011 moved to Spain, joining

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001 ...

and being assigned to the B-side. In the 2011–12 season, Strasser was promoted to the

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ns' main squad as third-choice, after the departure of Diego Alves to

Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol, S. A. D. (; ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF or simply Valencia, is a Spanish professional Association football, football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top tier of the Spani ...

. He continued to be exclusively used by the B's in the third level during his spell, however, being released in May 2014. On 9 May 2014, Strasser returned to his former club Grödig, replacing released

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. He made his debut as a professional on 14 March of the following year, coming on as a substitute for injured Cican Stankovic in a 0–4 away loss against

SK Rapid Wien Sportklub Rapid (), commonly known as Rapid Wien or Rapid Vienna in English language, English, is an Football in Austria, Austrian professional football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian cham ...

. On 7 January 2021, he joined St. Pölten.

International career

Strasser played for Austria's under-19 team in the 2009 UEFA European Championship elite qualification, against

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.Austria 0–2 Finland
UEFA.com, 17 May 2009 He later appeared in two friendlies with the under-21s, against

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and

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Strasser, Pirmin 1990 births Living people Footballers from Linz Austrian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Austrian Football Bundesliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players FC Juniors OÖ players SV Grödig players SV Ried players Segunda División B players UD Almería B players New Zealand Football Championship players Waitakere United players SKN St. Pölten players Austria men's youth international footballers Austria men's under-21 international footballers Austrian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Spain 21st-century Austrian sportsmen