Martin Hiden Austrian football player Date of Birth: 11.03.1973 Country: Austria

Biography of Martin Hiden

Martin Hiden is an Austrian football player who has played as a defender for Vienna's "Rapid" and the Austrian national team. He started his career in 1992 at the football schools of the clubs "St. Stefan ob Stainz" and "Sturm". In 1994, he joined Salzburg's "Austria" and became the Austrian champion once and won the Austrian Super Cup twice. In 1996, he returned to "Sturm" and together with the team, won the Austrian Cup in 1997. In July of the same year, he moved to Vienna's "Rapid" and in January 1998, he transferred to English club "Leeds United". On February 28, he made his debut for the club in a match against "Southampton". In 2000, he was bought by Vienna's "Austria" for £500,000 and became the Austrian champion for the second time and won the Austrian Cup in 2003. After that, he returned to "Rapid" and became the Austrian champion again in 2005 and nominally in 2008. In 2007, he won the Intertoto Cup and participated in the first round of the UEFA Cup. In addition, he was the team captain in 2006 and participated in the group stage of the Champions League in 2005. From January to June 2008, he played on loan for the club "Austria Kärnten" before returning to "Rapid". He made his debut for the Austrian national team on March 25, 1998, in a friendly match against Hungary. In 2007, he played as the team captain in 2 matches. He participated in the final stage of the 1998 World Cup but never played in the team. He also played one match in the 2008 European Championship against Germany on June 16.