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title: "Andreas Weimann joins Derby County"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "James Clark"
section: "Aston Villa Transfer News"
published: "2015-06-18T19:09:48Z"
modified: "2015-06-18T19:18:30Z"
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# Andreas Weimann joins Derby County

Aston Villa academy graduate Andreas Weimann has joined Derby County £2.75m after falling out of form and favour at Aston Villa.

The striker has joined on a four year deal, and has joined Darren Bent at the Midlands club.

Weimann started his career off at Rapid Wien as a youth player before Villa took it upon themselves to prize him away from Austria.

He got his chance to prove himself under Alex McLeish, scoring a memorable goal against Stoke City at home, curling it past Begovic.

Paul Lambert rewarded good form with a new 3 year deal, but after the beginning of the season – fans become critical of his style and lack of end product.

The Austrian has appeared for Villa a total of 126 times in all competitions and also appeared for his country 13 times.