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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Anton Pfeffer
| image = 
| caption =  
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|8|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Lilienfeld]], Austria
| height = 1.86 m
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] 
| youthyears1 = 1975–1985
| youthclubs1 = SV Tuernitz
| years1 = 1985–2000
| clubs1 = [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]]
| caps1 = 396  
| goals1 = 19 
| nationalyears1 = 1988–1999
| nationalteam1 = [[Austria national football team|Austria]]
| nationalcaps1 = 63  
| nationalgoals1 = 1 
| managerclubs1 = [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]]
| manageryears1 = 2001
}}

'''Anton "Toni" Pfeffer''' (born 17 August 1965) is a former Austrian   [[association football|profedsional footballer]]. He played for FK Austria Wien and the [[Austria national football team|Austrian national football team]] as   [[defender (association football)|defender]].
==Career==
Pfeffer's youth club was SV Türnitz. In 1985, at the age of 20, he moved to [[FK Austria Wien]]. There he stayed till the end of his career in 2000. He played 395 league matches for the team and scored 24 goals. He also was captain of the team a long time.
==International career==
Pfeffer made his debut for [[Austria national football team|Austria]] in an April 1988 friendly match against [[Greece national football team|Greece]]. He was a participant at the [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]] and [[1998 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080228060722/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=174858/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] - FIFA</ref> He earned 63 caps, scoring one goal.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/oost-recintlp.html Appearances for Austrian National Team] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207013055/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/oost-recintlp.html |date=7 December 2008 }} - RSSSF</ref> His last international was the 0-9 demolition by [[Spain national football team|Spain]] in a European Championship qualification match in March 1999.
==After the career==
After ending his football career in 2000, Pfeffer ran unsuccessfully in local elections for the [[Austrian People's Party]]. In 2005, he joined the board of [[SKN St. Pölten]] and advises the executive committee on sporting issues.

Pfeffer has also developed a folk singing career . He released two collections of Austrian folk songs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.clubnoe.at/bc13.htm |title=Toni Pfeffer and friends, Collection of Austrian Folk Songs (German) |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222235222/http://www.clubnoe.at/bc13.htm |archivedate=22 December 2007 }}</ref> He currently works as one of Sky Austria's main football experts .

==Honours==
'''Austria Wien'''
* [[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Austrian Bundesliga]]: 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993
* [[Austrian Cup]]: [[1985–86 Austrian Cup|1986]], [[1989–90 Austrian Cup|1990]], [[1991–92 Austrian Cup|1992]], [[1993–94 Austrian Cup|1994]]

==Other websites==
* [http://www.austria-archiv.at/spieler.php?Spieler_ID=71 Player profile] - Austria Wien archive {{in lang|de}}
* [http://www.austria-archiv.at/betreuer.php?Betreuer_ID=8 Manager profile] - Austria Wien archive {{in lang|de}}
* {{NFT|12689}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Austria squad 1990 FIFA World Cup}}
{{Austria squad 1998 FIFA World Cup}}
{{FK Austria Wien managers}}

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[[Category:FK Austria Wien players]]
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