Heimo Pfeifenberger (born 29 December 1966) is an Austrian professional football

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and a former player. He is the manager of SV Grödig.

Club career

On club level Pfeifenberger played for USV Zederhaus (youth career),

Austria Salzburg SV Austria Salzburg is an Austrian professional football club, based in the city of Salzburg. The club was formed in 2005 by some supporters of the original SV (Austria) Salzburg after it was renamed FC Red Bull Salzburg by its new owners, who ...

Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are best known for the ...

SK Rapid Wien Sportklub Rapid Wien (), commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the first title in the season 1911–12, ...

, SV Seekirchen 1945 and SV Grödig. He celebrated most success at

. In 1994 and 1995, he won the league title and the Austrian Supercup with Salzburg. He played in the first leg of the

1994 UEFA Cup Final The 1994 UEFA Cup Final was a two-legged match that took place on 26 April 1994 and 11 May 1994 at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna and San Siro in Milan between Inter Milan of Italy and Austria Salzburg of Austria. Inter won both games 1–0 ...

which they lost to

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. In the Austrian 1993–94 season, he became

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top scorer with 14 goals. In total he scored 74 goals for Salzburg and 43 for Rapid, making him one of the best goalscorers in the Austrian league.

International career

Pfeifenberger made his debut for

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in an August 1989 World Cup qualification match against

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and was a participant at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He earned 40 caps, scoring nine goals. His last international was an August 1998 friendly match against

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Coaching career

Pfeifenberger was hired as the new coach of

Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt (; ; Central Bavarian: ''Weana Neistod'') is a city located south of Vienna, in the state of Lower Austria, in northeast Austria. It is a self-governed city and the seat of the district administration of Wiener Neustadt-Land Distr ...

on 30 May 2012. He left the club on 12 November 2014. On 25 November 2015, Pfeifenberger was unveiled as the new manager of

Wolfsberger AC Wolfsberger AC, commonly referred to as Wolfsberg or simply WAC, is an Austrian association football club from Wolfsberg, Carinthia, who currently play in the Austrian Bundesliga. Between the 2007–08 and 2011–12 seasons, Wolfsberger AC enter ...

, replacing

Dietmar Kühbauer Dietmar ("Didi") Kühbauer (born 4 April 1971) is an Austrian professional football coach and a former midfielder. He is the head coach of LASK. Career Born in Heiligenkreuz, Burgenland, Kühbauer started his professional career at Admira Wack ...

. On 8 January 2020, he became a head coach of Lithuanian defending champions FK Sūduva. The club terminated the contract on 14 April, just after two games

On 1 July 2020, he returned to SV Grödig.

Coaching record

Honours

* Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1993–94, 1994–95 * Austrian Bundesliga top goalscorer: 1993–94

References

External links

Heimo Pfeifenberger
at Rapid archive * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pfeifenberger, Heimo 1966 births Living people People from Tamsweg District Austrian footballers Austrian expatriate footballers Austria men's international footballers 1990 FIFA World Cup players 1998 FIFA World Cup players FC Red Bull Salzburg players SK Rapid Wien players SV Werder Bremen players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Bundesliga players Expatriate footballers in Germany Men's association football forwards Men's association football wingers 1. Wiener Neustädter SC (2008) managers Austrian football managers Footballers from Salzburg (state) Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Austrian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Lithuania Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania