International Career
In 1983, Polster was selected for the Austria U20's to play at the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.
He had already made his senior debut for Austria in November 1982 against Turkey, immediately scoring his first goal, and was a participant at the 1990 World Cup and 1998 World Cup. He earned 95 caps, scoring a record 44 goals. He overtook the previous goalscoring record, set by Hans Krankl, in 1996, scoring his 35th goal against Latvia.
His final (and record-breaking 94th) international was thought to be a June 1998 FIFA World Cup match against Italy, but he was given an official farewell match in September 2000 against Iran in which he was substituted in the 21st minute by Christian Mayrleb. His appearances record was surpassed by Andreas Herzog in May 2002.
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