ERNEST GUND STATS
Age:
22
Born:
Leoben
Currently plays for:
DSV Leoben
Accomplishments:
Runner up medal 1994 for DVS Reserves, top
scorer DVS Leoben season 1999-2000 with 16 goals, listed in 'Austria's sexiest
sports personalities 2001' in 'Haltung Sport' magazine. 7 caps for Austria under 21's and 1 senior cap.
Other History
Ernest Gund is the
most successful product to date of Austria's
youth program of the last decade. He along with the Austrian FA
and DVS Leoben has climbed through each stage up to under 18
level where he began playing for the DVS reserves. He is Austrian
football's bright talent and is tipped for bigger things. Although only
proving himself in A second division Austrian side and several
different levels of international football. There have been continuous
links with various Italian serie A teams but is tipped for a move to
the English premiership in the close future.
Ernest Gund's famous grandfather Adolf Gund, creator
of 'Gund
Soft toys' moved to America at the start of the 20th century
hence the American spelling 'Ernest' instead of the popular
German/Austrian equivalent 'Ernst'. Gund is still pronounced in the
German-Austrian way 'Goond' rather than the popular American
'Guhnd'.
