What is Gernot Messner?
{{Football player infobox |playername=Gernot Messner |image= |caption= |fullname=Gernot Messner |birth_date={{birth date|1980|10|10|df=yes}} |birth_place=[[Villach]], [[Austria]] |death_date= |height= |position= [[Midfielder]] | currentclub = [[Grazer AK]] (manager) | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1999–2003| clubs1 = [[SV Spittal]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2001–2002| clubs2 = [[SK Rapid Wien]] | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2002–2005| clubs3 = [[SV Austria Salzburg]] | caps3 = 19 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2005–2007| clubs4 = [[FC Kärnten]] | caps4 = 39 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2007–2013| clubs5 = [[Wolfsberger AC]] | caps5 = 142 | goals5 = 11 | years6 = 2013–2016| clubs6 = [[Wolfsberger AC|Wolsberger II]] | years7 = 2017 | clubs7 = SK St. Andrä | manageryears1 = 2015–2017 | managerclubs1 = SK St. Andrä | manageryears2 = 2017–2018 | managerclubs2 = [[Wolfsberger AC|Wolfsberger U18]] | manageryears3 = 2019 | managerclubs3 = [[Wolfsberger AC|Wolfsberger U18]] | manageryears4 = 2021– | managerclubs4 = [[Grazer AK]] | club-update = }} '''Gernot Messner''' (10 October 1980 in Villach) is a former Austrian football player in the position of a midfielder. He is the manager of Grazer AK. ==Career== Messner began his career at SV Spittal/Drau. At the age of 20, he moved to [[SK Rapid Wien]]. There he didn't get beyond the reserve role . After half a season he moved to [[SV Austria Salzburg]]. There he became a regular player, but was often set back by injuries. He made his league debut on 21September 2002 in the game against [[FC Admira Wacker Mödling]]. Due to the takeover from Red Bull to FC Red Bull Salzburg, he was no longer planned and so he moved to FC Kärnten, where he played for two years. Since 2007 he played for [[Wolfsberger AC]] . 2009 they were promoted to the [[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]. He spent another season in the Bundesliga . Then he played for the club's amateurs from the 2013/14 se