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Austria select rising stars

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Cem Atan and Veli Kavlak have received their first call-ups as Austria coach Josef Hickersberger named his squad for the games against Ghana and France.

Cem Atan and Veli Kavlak have received their first call-ups as Austria coach Josef Hickersberger named his squad for the friendlies against Ghana and France.

Young hopefuls
SV Mattersburg's 21-year-old midfielder Atan has made 22 league appearances this season, scoring three goals. Fellow midfielder Kavlak, who plays for SK Rapid Wien, is just 18 but has struck twice in 20 Austrian Bundesliga matches this term. The UEFA EURO 2008™ co-hosts meet Ghana in Graz on 24 March before travelling to Paris four days later.

Austria squad
Goalkeepers: Jürgen Macho (1. FC Kaiserslautern), Alexander Manninger (AC Siena), Helge Payer (SK Rapid Wien).

Defenders: Ferdinand Feldhofer (FC Wacker Tirol), Christian Fuchs (SV Mattersburg), Ronald Gercaliu (FK Austria Wien), Martin Hiden (SK Rapid Wien), Andreas Ibertsberger (SC Freiburg), Yüksel Sariyar (FCS Pasching), Joachim Standfest (FK Austria Wien), Martin Stranzl (FC Spartak Moskva).

Midfielders: Cem Atan (SV Mattersburg), Rene Aufhauser (FC Salzburg), Andreas Ivanschitz (Panathinaikos FC), Veli Kavlak (SK Rapid Wien), Markus Kiesenebner (FK Austria Wien), Christoph Leitgeb (SK Sturm Graz), Thomas Prager (SC Heerenveen), Markus Weissenberger (Eintracht Frankfurt).

Forwards: Mario Haas (SK Sturm Graz), Zlatko Junuzovic (Grazer AK), Sanel Kuljic (FC Sion), Roland Linz (Boavista FC).

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