Jürgen Macho
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Jürgen Macho (born August 24, 1977 in Vienna) is an Austrian football goalkeeper.
He started his first-team career with Wiener Sportclub in 1996 and moved after one season to First Vienna FC, where he spent three seasons before leaving for English Premiership side Sunderland in 2000. At Sunderland, he spent three seasons as the second-choice keeper, behind Danish international Thomas Sørensen, and managed a total of 22 appearances in the Premiership. He then transferred to Chelsea for the 2003-04 Premiership season, but was mostly the fourth-choice keeper there and failed to make a single competitive appearance with the team. In August 2004, he left Chelsea for Austrian Bundesliga side Rapid Wien, where he only spent four months and managed eight appearances in the Bundesliga as well as two in the UEFA Cup. In January 2005, he joined German Bundesliga side Kaiserslautern, where he first spent six months as the third-choice keeper behind Tim Wiese and Thomas Ernst. However, he managed to become the first-choice keeper for the 2005-06 season, when Wiese left for Werder Bremen and Ernst lost his place in the starting 11. He subsequently made a total of 20 appearances in the Bundesliga that season, but missed nearly the entire second part of the season due to an injury. He continues to be Kaiserslautern's first-choice keeper during the 2006-07 season of the Second Bundesliga, where the club was relegated after finishing 16th in the first division previous season.
Since February 2005, he also won seven international caps for the Austrian national team, including two 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in October 2005.
