Klaus Lindenberger (born 28 May 1957 in

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) is a retired Austrian football

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and former

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of Austrian Bundesliga side

LASK Linz Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as Linzer ASK () or simply LASK, is an Austrian professional football club, from the Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club in that region, and plays in the Austrian Footbal ...

Club career

Lindenberger made his professional debut with LASK Linz in the 1976/1977 season and stayed with his hometown club for over ten years before moving to and winning silverware with FC Swarovski Tirol. After three years he returned to Linz to play for Stahl Linz. He finished his career with minor league side Eintracht Wels.

International career

He made his debut for

in an April 1982 friendly match against

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and was a participant at the 1982 and 1990 FIFA World Cups. He earned 43 caps, no goals scored. His last international was an August 1990 friendly match against Switzerland. LASK subs on 24 March 2009 Lindenberger after nine months and named officialized Hans Krankl as new coach, Krankl, former Barcelona player, Lindenberger, however, remains at the club in the position of executive manager. .Krankl-Start beim LASK

Honours

* Austrian Football Bundesliga (2): ** 1989, 1990 * Austrian Cup (1): ** 1989

External links

Official website
- Klaus Lindenberger *

- SK VOEST

References

1957 births Living people Footballers from Linz Men's association football goalkeepers Austrian footballers Austria men's international footballers 1982 FIFA World Cup players 1990 FIFA World Cup players LASK players FC Swarovski Tirol players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Austrian football managers LASK managers {{austria-footy-goalkeeper-stub