Volker Piesczek Explained

Volker Piesczek (* 14 May 1969 in Klosterneuburg) is a former footballer and Austrian televisionpresenter.[1] [2]

Career as a football player

Before 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, Piesczekplayed 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

Piesczek 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 Sportscategory of the "Austrian Journalist of the Year" awards.[12]

From March 2017 to April 2017, he was a celebrity contestant on the ORF dance showDancing Stars.[13] In 2018, he commented on matches of the Football World Cup in Russia on OE24.[14]

Trivia

In 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 tothe former Austrian politician Eva Glawischnig.[16]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Volker Piesczek bei Martina Reuter: Lässig und elegant. noen.at.
  2. Web site: Er kocht, fährt durchs Land und hat eine neue Sendung. kleinezeitung.at.
  3. https://kurier.at/archiv/volker-piesczek/713.427 Volker Piesczek
  4. https://www.derstandard.at/story/1971162/volker-piesczek-moderiert-volltreffer Volker Piesczek moderiert Volltreffer
  5. https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20001205_OTS0161/expedition-robinson-im-orf-oesterreicherin-verpasst-das-finale-nur-knapp Expedition Robinson im ORF: Österreicherin verpasst das Finale nur knapp
  6. https://www.derstandard.at/story/1530012/moderator-fuer-prosieben-austria-topnews-gefunden Moderator für ProSieben gefunden
  7. https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20080516_OTS0139/das-match-die-finale-abwahl-am-16-mai-in-orf-1 Die finale Abwahl am 16. Mai in ORF 1
  8. https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20100129_OTS0087/atv-life-mit-volker-piesczek-kerstin-ruhri-und-andreas-moravec ATV Life - mit Volker Piesczek, Kerstin Ruhri und Andreas Moravec
  9. https://www.news.at/a/romy-gala-wiener-hofburg-preise-weichselbraun-strauss-palfrader-co-294364 Romy-Gala in der Wiener Hofburg: Preise für Weichselbraun, Strauss, Palfrader
  10. https://www.kleinezeitung.at/kultur/3942021/Wien_Edle-Roben-und-gute-Laune-bei-der-RomyGala Edle Roben und gute Laune bei der Romy Gala
  11. https://kurier.at/romy/volker-piesczek-ich-bin-keiner-der-die-ellenbogen-aufstellt/5.608.192 Ich bin keiner, der die Ellenbogen aufstellt
  12. http://www.journalist.at/archiv/2011-2/ausgabe-122011012012/die-journalisten-des-jahres/ DIE JOURNALISTEN DES JAHRES
  13. https://kurier.at/stars/volker-piesczek-wird-zum-dancing-star/250.436.903 Volker Piesczek wird zum Dancing Star
  14. https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20180604_OTS0030/oe24tv-ab-der-fifa-fussball-weltmeisterschaft-russland-2018-in-hd-qualitaet oe24.TV ab der FIFA Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft Russland 2018™ in HD-Qualität
  15. https://tv.orf.at/program/orf2/kommissarr306.html Kommissar Rex - Berühmt um jeden Preis
  16. https://www.news.at/a/power-couple-piesczek-glawischnig-8057297 Emanzipation im Tanzsalon