Attila Sekerlioglu (born 27 January 1965) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. After retiring, he moved into management. He has most recently been manager of Austrian club

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. He is now a scout for

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Club career

During his career he played for Elektra Vienna, Austria Vienna (1988–1995), VSE St. Pölten, FC Tirol Innsbruck (1995),

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(1995–1998), SC Untersiebenbrunn and FC Oslip.

Coaching career

Since retirement, he has moved into coaching and management, in the early 2000s, Sekerlioglu managed Maccabi Vienna, SC Himberg and, until January 2005,

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. Sekerlioglu was appointed manager of ASK Schwadorf, then in the Austrian Regionalliga (Austrian third-tier), in 2005. Schwadorf hosted English giants

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in a pre-season friendly on 31 July 2006. The visitors won 8–1. Sekerlioglu guided ASK Schwadorf to the championship Austrian Regionalliga East in 2006–07, thus seeing the club promoted for the fifth time in six years, after winning 22 of their 30 league games, but he was fired in August 2007 after the club failed to win their first two games of the 2007–08 season. He went on to manage VfB Admira Wacker Mödling during the 2007–08 season, but was dismissed in April 2008. He signed for Ghanaian Premier League side

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in early 2009, but left at the end of the season. He remained in Ghana to become manager of

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in October 2010. On 22 August 2011, he was named as head coach of the Austrian Landesliga side

, before leaving the following year to take up his current role with

. In November 2014, it was reported that he is one of the coaches who applied for India U17 job to manage in

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Personal life

Sekerlioglu of Turkish descent. His brother, Cem, is also a footballer. He has a son, also named Attila. In October 2013, he paid a visit to his former club St Johnstone where he remains well loved and his celebration fondly remembered. He Tweeted the fans that he is returning again in December 2018."Dino Drops in to Visit His Former Club"
- St Johnstone's official website, 4 October 2013

Honours

As a player

Austria Wien *

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: 1991, 1992, 1993 *

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: 1990, 1992, 1994

As a manager

ASK Schwadorf * Austrian Regionalliga East: 2007

External links

*
Attila Plays Hide and Sek
('' Daily Record'' article, 2 November 1996)
Attila Told To Sign - Or Quit
(''Daily Record'' article, 25 June 1997)
Sek It To 'Em; Attila wants to pile on the agony for struggling Celts
('' Daily Mirror'' article, 18 August 1997)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sekerlioglu, Attila 1965 births Living people Austrian people of Turkish descent Footballers from Vienna Association football scouts Austrian footballers FK Austria Wien players FC Tirol Innsbruck players St Johnstone F.C. players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Scottish Football League players Expatriate footballers in Scotland Austrian football managers Expatriate football managers in Ghana FC Admira Wacker Mödling managers FC Bayern Munich non-playing staff Association football defenders Association football midfielders SV Horn managers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Ghana Austrian expatriate football managers