Hubert Baumgartner (born 25 February 1955) is an Austrian former

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player and manager. As a player, Baumgartner played professionally as a

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in both Austria and Spain; he also played at international level and was a squad member at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. After retiring as a player, Baumgartner became a football manager.

Career

Born in Wolfsberg, Baumgartner played professionally in both Austria and Spain for Alpine Donawitz,

Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien AG (; known in English as Austria Vienna, and usually shortened to Austria (German: Österreich) in German-speaking countries, is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. It has won the mos ...

, Recreativo de Huelva, Admira Wacker and VSE St. Pölten, making over 400 career appearances. He earned one cap for the Austrian national team in 1978, and was a squad member at the

1978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The Cup was won by t ...

. He also managed VSE St. Pölten, Rapid Wien and

FC Linz FC Linz was an Austrian football club, based in Linz, Upper Austria. History SK VÖEST Linz It was founded on 30 June 1946 as ''SV Eisen und Stahl 1946 Linz'', a factory squad of the public ''VÖEST'' steel company (present-day Voestalpine). In ...

Honours

Austrian Football Bundesliga The Austrian Football Bundesliga (german: Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga, italic=no , "Austrian Football Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Austrian football league system. Th ...

(3): ** 1975, 1978, 1979 *

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(1): ** 1977

References

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