Born in East Tyrol, the diminutive Mair started his professional career at FC Tirol Innsbruck and stayed with them for 7 years, besides one season in between at SV Pasching.

He won three league titles at Tirol and moved to ambitious Red Bull Salzburg in 2005 only to leave them after one season playing off the substitutes' bench for Vienna giants Austria Wien.

He made his debut for Austria in a February 2005 friendly match against Latvia.

His other two international games were March 2005 World Cup qualification matches against Wales.

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