Volker Piesczek (* 14 May 1969 in Klosterneuburg) is a former footballer and Austrian television presenter.
Career as a football player
editBefore his career in television he was a professional footballer with FC Tulln (92/93 and 00/01), SVStockerau (93/94), SKN St. Pölten (95/96) and VfB Mödling (96/97). In the 94/95 season, Piesczek played in the Austrian Bundesliga for Wiener Sportclub. In his entire professional football career he made 3 appearances in the UI Cup and 7 appearances each in the Regionalliga Ost and the ÖFB Cup. He also played 58 times in the 2nd division and 28 times in the Bundesliga.
Career as a presenter
editPiesczek studied journalism and political science parallel to his football career.Politikwissenschaften.[3] For ATV, he worked for seven years as a football presenter.[4] Before that, he worked for Sat.1 and DSF Plus or in the Austrian and German Bundesliga as a football presenter. For ORF 2 he worked as a news reporter and in 2000 he presented the island show Expedition Robinson for ORF 1 and RTL II.[5] In 2004 he switched to Puls TV and ProSieben Austria, where he presented Austria Top News[6] alternately with Helmut Brandstätter.
Piesczek took part in the ORF football show "Das Match" during the 2008 European FootballChampionship in Austria and Switzerland.[7] From 2010 to 2013 he presented the magazine ATV Life on ATV.[8] In 2011[9] and 2012[10] he was awarded the Austrian Film and Television Award "Romy" in the category Most Popular Presenter - Entertainment.[11] In 2011, he landed in second place in the Sports category of the "Austrian Journalist of the Year" awards.[12]
From March 2017 to April 2017, he was a celebrity contestant on the ORF dance show Dancing Stars.[13] In 2018, he commented on matches of the Football World Cup in Russia on OE24.[14]
Trivia
editIn 2003, Piesczek made a guest appearance in the television series Kommissar Rex (episode: Berühmt um jeden Preis[15]). Since 2 June 2005 he has been married to the former Austrian politician Eva Glawischnig.[16]
External links
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References
edit- ^ "Volker Piesczek bei Martina Reuter: Lässig und elegant". noen.at.
- ^ "Er kocht, fährt durchs Land und hat eine neue Sendung". kleinezeitung.at.
- ^ Volker Piesczek, kurier.at, retrieved on 7. April 2023
- ^ Volker Piesczek moderiert Volltreffer, derstandard.at, from 13. March 2012
- ^ Expedition Robinson im ORF: Österreicherin verpasst das Finale nur knapp, ots.at, from 5. December 2000
- ^ Moderator für ProSieben gefunden, derstandard.at, from 16. January 2004
- ^ Die finale Abwahl am 16. Mai in ORF 1, ots.at, from 16. May 2008
- ^ ATV Life - mit Volker Piesczek, Kerstin Ruhri und Andreas Moravec, ots.at, from 29. January 2010
- ^ Romy-Gala in der Wiener Hofburg: Preise für Weichselbraun, Strauss, Palfrader, news.at, from 17. April 2011
- ^ Edle Roben und gute Laune bei der Romy Gala, kleinezeitung.at, from 22. April 2012
- ^ Ich bin keiner, der die Ellenbogen aufstellt, kurier.at, retrieved on 7. April 2023
- ^ DIE JOURNALISTEN DES JAHRES, journalist.at, retrieved on 7. April 2023
- ^ Volker Piesczek wird zum Dancing Star, kleinezeitung.at, from 7. March 2017
- ^ oe24.TV ab der FIFA Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft Russland 2018™ in HD-Qualität, ots.at, retrieved on 7. April 2023
- ^ Kommissar Rex - Berühmt um jeden Preis, tv.orf.at, retrieved on 7. April 2023
- ^ Emanzipation im Tanzsalon, news.at, from 3. April 2017