Martin Ehrenreich (born 10 May 1983) is an Austrian footballer, who plays as a centre back for USV Hof and is also the team manager of SK Sturm Graz.

Martin Ehrenreich
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-05-10) 10 May 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Austria
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
USV Hof (player)
Sturm Graz (team manager)
Number 17
Youth career
1990–2002 DSV Leoben
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 DSV Leoben 4 (0)
2003St. Veit (loan)
2003–2004Bad Aussee (loan)
2004–2005Lustenau 07 (loan)
2005–2009 FC Gratkorn 121 (8)
2009–2016 Sturm Graz 119 (4)
2015–2020 Sturm Graz II 72 (1)
2020– USV Hof 2 (0)
Managerial career
2019–2020 Sturm Graz II (player-assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:21, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

Career

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Club career

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Ehrenreich started his career at DSV Leoben, for which he played until the winter break of 2002/2003. In January 2003 he moved to FC St. Veit. After the end of the season he moved on to SV Bad Aussee, for which he completed one season. In 2004/05 he moved to FC Lustenau 07 and also played one season there. Then he came back to Styria for FC Gratkorn.

At the end of the 2008/09 season he moved to the two-time Austrian champions SK Sturm Graz. Ehrenreich made his Austrian Bundesliga debut on 30 August 2009 in a 2-1 away win over SV Ried, which suffered a defeat for the first time after more than 20 unbeaten home games in a row. In the game he was substituted on in the 81st minute for Andreas Hölzl and five minutes later gave the also substitute Haris Bukva the winning ball for the 2-1 goal. Ehrenreich scored his first two goals in the Bundesliga on 27 November 2011 when he played against Admira Wacker. After his substitution at break, he scored two goals within eleven minutes.

Later career

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In the summer of 2016, he finished his professional career, in order to switch to the management of SK Sturm and continue to play for the club's reserve team.[1] Since then he became involved in marketing and sponsoring at the club, as a part of the club's marketing staff.

In the summer 2019, Ehrenreich was appointed assistant coach of the club's reserve team, which he also still was active for as a player. A year later, in the summer 2020, Ehrenreich moved to USV Hof and was, at the same time, also hired in a new role at Sturm as team manager for the club's team in the Austrian Bundesliga.[2]

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