The former player of the Westerthaler team is dead

Former ÖFB player Christoph Westerthaler died on Friday. His former club Wacker Innsbruck confirmed his death on Facebook and forgave the Westerthaler family. The Tyrolean died as a result at the age of 53 from the consequences of a heart attack.

Westerthaler was the last one until May as an badistant coach at a third Chinese division. In his active time, the striker brought it between 1989 and 1993 to six international and played for Wacker Innsbruck, LASK and Eintracht Frankfurt among others. As a coach, Westerthaler was badistant coach and head coach of SV Horn in the first division between 2011 and 2017.