var playerInfo={"031D6804B38B16BF":"3912","DC9241C78561BCD0":"Jurgen Macho","5E5612EA3A8A833D":"193cm","3D0CAED1D8820318D15DE014CB00C4C7":"Austria","9085EF0B5B518612":"88kg","C99F63DD4716E450533B17E1817DB7B9":"1977-8-24","38FCF119BEE99893":"FC Trenkwalder Admira","7DECC0B2C7F83A01B36F8F67FA49C295":"","E17A5F6F92350E090E8BE67DDCE16BA0":"<P><STRONG>Profile<\/STRONG><BR><BR>Opportunity may knock for J&#252;rgen Macho at UEFA EURO 2008 following Helge Payer's unfortunate withdrawal from the Austria squad on medical grounds. The 30-year-old goalkeeper has had a somewhat up-and-down career at club level, the latest chapter of which was spent in Greece at AEK Athens FC.<BR><BR>Represented his country at Under-21 level while in the Austrian second division with First Vienna FC.<BR><BR>Joined Sunderland AFC in 2000 but spent most of three seasons in north-east England as deputy to Danish international Thomas S&#248;rensen.<BR><BR>Recruited by Chelsea FC in 2003; no more than fourth choice at Stamford Bridge and did not play a competitive game for the Blues; moved home to SK Rapid Wien, where he was understudy to Payer, making eight appearances in club's 2004\/05 Bundesliga title win.<BR><BR>Established himself as starting goalkeeper at next club, 1. FC Kaiserslautern &#8211; despite relegation in first season &#8211; and made breakthrough to national team set-up.<BR><BR>Rotated with Payer and Alex Manninger during Austria's build-up to UEFA EURO 2008.<BR><BR><STRONG>Did you know?<\/STRONG><BR><BR>Macho's life was momentarily in danger when he swallowed his tongue after a collision with Peter Crouch in a friendly international against England in Vienna last year. It was his 13th game for Austria.<\/P>","2299C98649C2E7A9E5F02ED855F2A9FC":"Panionios,LASK Linz,AEK Athens,FC Kaiserslautern,Rapid Wien,Chelsea FC,Sunderland,Wiener Sportklub","C497EA9EA23AEEDCAF9AD5DB76B19323":"","4ADA354908754559E53E3FA7C013DA37":"999","2B1A74B80063A830":"1","97B41D9FF6388BC00A2A0187557FA1F5":"","F4AE865DDB6B58D9":"Jurgen Macho","C377723034B3384C":"806","776ABA890334BE6B3BFB7EFC5D96F457":"Panionios","BFE43781BF2A8A9E3EADFCC3CC1AF971":"3","e_index":6};