Thomas Prager (born 13 September 1985) is an Austrian

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who plays as a

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for Wiener Viktoria.

Club career

Prager was lured away by Heerenveen from FC Stadlau and played 5 years for the Frisians but never managed to claim a regular spot in the starting line-up. He did not feature in the 2008–09 plans of Heerenveen manager Trond Sollied and was transferred to

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. Thomas Prager vertrekt naar LASK Linz
– SC Heerenveen In the summer of 2010, he was signed transfer free by

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. On 1 July 2011, he was loaned to Austrian club

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for one year, with the option of a further year.

International career

He made his debut for

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on 23 May 2006 in a 4-1 friendly defeat against

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but was left out of the

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squad. He has earned 14 caps, scoring one goal.

References

External links

Profile
– SC Heerenveen

– Voetbal International * {{DEFAULTSORT:Prager, Thomas 1985 births Living people Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers Austria men's youth international footballers 21st-century Austrian sportsmen Austria men's under-21 international footballers Eredivisie players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Swiss Super League players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players SC Heerenveen players LASK players FC Luzern players SK Rapid Wien players Ethnikos Achna FC players Austrian expatriate men's footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus People from Donaustadt Footballers from Vienna Men's association football midfielders