Ernst Öbster

Ernst Öbster

Personal information
Full name	Ernst Öbster
Date of birth	(1984-03-17) March 17, 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Salzburg, Austria
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	SV Friedburg
Youth career
	SK Bischofshofen
	BNZ Salzburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2009	Red Bull Salzburg	40	(0)
2003–2004	→ LASK Linz (loan)	28	(2)
2007–2009	→ Red Bull Salzburg Juniors (loan)	30	(9)
2009	New York Red Bulls	3	(0)
2010–2011	Wacker Innsbruck	25	(3)
2011–2013	SV Grödig	56	(6)
2013–2015	LASK Linz	30	(5)
2015–2018	SV Austria Salzburg	96	(20)
2018–2019	SK Altheim
2019–	SV Friedburg	12	(2)
International career
2004–2006	Austria U-21	11	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2019

Ernst Öbster (born March 17, 1984) is an Austrian footballer who plays for SV Friedburg.

Öbster began his youth career with SK Bischofshofen and in 2001 joined BNZ Salzburg. After impressing with BNZ, Öbster was called up by the SV Austria Salzburg first team and debuted in the Austrian Bundesliga as a 17-year-old. After receiving limited playing time with Salzburg, Öbster was loaned to LASK Linz in 2003, during his time with Linz he was a regular starter as a left-sided midfielder appearing in 28 matches and notching 2 goals. After an impressive season with Linz, Öbster returned to SV Austria Salzburg and was a key reserve for the club. In 2005, SV Austria Salzburg was acquired by Red Bull and Öbster remained with the first team appearing in 7 league matches. Over the next few years he would alternate between the first team and Red Bull Juniors playing in the Austrian Football First League, in which he appeared in 30 matches scoring 9 goals. In the 2008–09 season Öbster appeared in 5 league matches and 4 UEFA Cup qualification matches in which he scored 2 goals. He also appeared in 3 Austrian Cup matches scoring 1 goal.

Following the season it was believed that Rapid Vienna was interested in signing Öbster, however he elected to join sister club New York Red Bulls agreeing to terms on July 14, 2009. He scored for New York on his debut July 30, 2009 in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League series with W Connection which ended in a 2–2 draw

Öbster was released by New York Red Bulls on March 24, 2010.^[1] Following his release from New York Öbster returned to Austria and signed with Wacker Innsbruck.^[2]

Internationally he has played eleven times for the Austrian U-21 national team. In 2003, he took part in the U-19 European Championship and helped Austria reach the semifinals.

• MLS player profile
• Interest from Rapid (in German)
• LASK Linz statistics (in German)
• Ernst Öbster Interview