Manfred Linzmaier
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Manfred Linzmaier | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder |
Manfred Linzmaier (born 27 August 1962 in Kufstein) is a retired Austrian footballer. He is now a football manager.
Club career
Nicknamed Tyroler Keegan, Linzmaier started his professional career at FC Wacker Innsbruck, later renamed FC Swarovski Tirol, and stayed for 12 years playing alongside German midfield maestro Hansi Müller. He moved to Second Division LASK Linz to clinch promotion to the Austrian Football Bundesliga. He then had a short spell at Vorwärts Steyr before winning the 2nd division title again with FC Linz. He finished his career at hometown club FC Kufstein.
After his playing career, he became assistant to head-coach Kurt Jara at FC Tirol, Hamburger SV and 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[1]
International career
He made his debut for Austria in 1985 and was a participant at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.[2] He earned 25 caps, scoring 2 goals. His last international was a May 1991 friendly match against Sweden.
Honours
- Austrian Football Bundesliga (2):
- 1989, 1990
- Austrian Cup (2):
- 1989, 1993
External links
- LASK stats - LASK
- Career stats - National Football Teams
- Interview with Linzmaier - Wacker Innsbruck Template:De icon
References
- 1962 births
- Living people
- People from Tyrol
- Austrian footballers
- Austria international footballers
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- FC Wacker Innsbruck players
- LASK Linz players
- Vorwärts Steyr players
- Austrian Bundesliga footballers
- Austrian football managers
- FC Red Bull Salzburg managers
- Austrian football biography stubs