in 1983 he played in the 1983 fifa world youth championship. his first match in the senior team was in august 1987 in a match versus switzerland. his last match was a qualification match for the 2002 fifa world cup versus turkey. he was also a goalkeeper in the 1998 fifa world cup squad. in 1999 he was goalkeeper during the 0:9 defeat versus spain in valencia. all in all he played 59 matches for austria.