a 1.5-year contract with Italian Serie A club Udinese. He did not make any appearances in official games for Udinese throughout his contract, appearing only in pre-season friendlies in the summer of 2020. Prödl announced his retirement from playing on 1 June 2022. International career In 2007, he was called to play for Austria. He served as captain of Austria's U-20 national team at the 2007 U-20 World Cup in Canada where he helped his team to a fourth-place finish. After the tournament was over he was the only Austrian voted into the U-20 World Cup line-up by Italian magazine Gazzetta dello Sport. After being called up to the national team for the first team in May 2007, Prödl made his senior debut for Austria on 30 May 2007 against Scotland. On 26 March 2008, Prödl scored two goals in an international friendly against the Netherlands. On 12 June 2008 during the Euro 2008 Austria vs. Poland game he was fouled in the 92nd minute in the penalty area and the referee, Howard Webb, awarded Austria a penalty kick, resulting in their only goal of the tournament. He represented the national team at Euro 2016. Personal life Prödl's cousin Viktoria Schnaderbeck is also a footballer who last played for Arsenal Women and still plays for the Austria women's national football team. Career statistics Club International Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Prödl goal. References External links 1987 births Living people Footballers from Graz Austrian footballers Association football defenders SK Sturm Graz players SV Werder Bremen players SV Werder Bremen II players Watford F.C. players Udinese Calcio players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Premier League players Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Austria youth international footballers Austria international footballers UEFA Euro 2008 players UEFA Euro 2016 players Austrian expatriate footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in England Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Italy