Manfred Linzmaier

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Manfred Linzmaier

| image =

| fullname = Manfred Linzmaier

| height = {{Height|m=1.83|precision=0}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|8|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kufstein, Austria

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1981–1986

| years2 = 1986–1992

| years3 = 1992–1993

| years4 = 1993–1995

| years5 = 1995

| years6 = 1996

| years7 = 1996–1997

| clubs1 = FC Wacker Innsbruck

| clubs2 = FC Swarovski Tirol

| clubs3 = FC Wacker Innsbruck

| clubs4 = LASK Linz

| clubs5 = Vorwärts Steyr

| clubs6 = FC Linz

| clubs7 = FC Kufstein

| caps1 = 135

| caps2 = 180

| caps3 = 16

| caps4 = 54

| caps5 = 3

| goals1 = 14

| goals2 = 25

| goals3 = 1

| goals4 = 9

| goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1985–1991

| nationalteam1 = Austria

| nationalcaps1 = 25

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| manageryears1 = 2001–2003

| managerclubs1 = Hamburger SV (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2004–2005

| managerclubs2 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern (assistant)

| manageryears3 = 2005

| managerclubs3 = Wüstenrot Sbg (interim)

| manageryears4 = 2005–2006

| managerclubs4 = Red Bull Salzburg (assistant)

| manageryears5 = 2006–

| managerclubs5 = Red Bull Salzburg (scout)

| manageryears6 = 2015–

| managerclubs6 = FC Ingolstadt (scout)

}}

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.[http://www.hsv.de/index.php?id=9708 Austrian-born Coach signs until the end of this season] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050101142259/http://www.hsv.de/index.php?id=9708 |date=2005-01-01 }} - HSV

International career

He made his debut for Austria in 1985 and was a participant at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080228060321/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=174709/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] - FIFA He earned 25 caps, scoring 2 goals. His last international was a May 1991 friendly match against Sweden.

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first.

class="wikitable"

! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

15 October 1986

Liebenau Stadium, Graz

3–0

Euro 1988 qualifier

1 April 1987

Praterstadion, Vienna

1–1

2–3

Euro 1988 qualifier

Honours

Austrian Football Bundesliga (2):
1989, 1990
Austrian Cup (2):
1989, 1993

External links

[http://lask.kobergonline.com/spieler.php?spid=72 LASK stats] - LASK
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[http://www.fc-wacker-innsbruck.at/allgemeines/der-tiroler-keegan.html Interview with Linzmaier]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} - Wacker Innsbruck {{in lang|de}}

References

Category:1962 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Kufstein

Category:Austrian men's footballers

Category:Austria men's international footballers

Category:1990 FIFA World Cup players

Category:FC Wacker Innsbruck players

Category:LASK players

Category:SK Vorwärts Steyr players

Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players

Category:Austrian football managers

Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg managers

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:Footballers from Tyrol (federal state)

Category:FC Swarovski Tirol players

Category:20th-century Austrian sportsmen