Martin Hiden (born 11 March 1973 in

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) is a former

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player, who is currently assistant coach at

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Club career

He played for clubs such as

Sturm Graz Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909. Its colours are black and white. In its history, Sturm Graz has won the Austrian f ...

, SV Salzburg (where he claimed his first league title),

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, ...

Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road S ...

(England) and

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 ...

. Joining Leeds United in 1998, he was the first-ever Austrian outfield player (

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joined

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in 1997) to play in the

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. From 2003 he returned to Rapid Wien, winning the Austrian championship once more in 2005. In 2006, he was announced as the new captain of Rapid (after a short period with goalkeeper

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as captain, who did not feel comfortable in the role that was given him after the departure of Steffen Hofmann), and in 2007, after the injuries of

Andreas Ivanschitz Andreas Ivanschitz ( hr, Ivančić; born 15 October 1983) is an Austrian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. During the career, Ivanschitz played for Rapid Wien, Red Bull Salzburg, Panathinaikos, 1.FSV Mainz 05, Levante ...

and

Martin Stranzl Martin Stranzl (born 16 June 1980) is an Austrian professional football coach and a former player who played as a defender. Club career Born in Güssing, Stranzl played for SV Güssing as a youth. In 1997, he earned a transfer to TSV 1860 Muni ...

, he was also made captain of the national team for two matches.

International career

He made his debut for

in a March 1998 friendly match against

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and was a participant at the

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but did not play. He earned 50 caps, scoring one goal. He also was part of the

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squad.

Coaching career

Hiden has a UEFA B License. He was head coach of

from 5 September 2013 to when he was appointed interim head coach of

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 Football ...

. His first match was a 3–1 win against

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. His final match was a 3–1 win against Union Gurten. Hiden was named interim head coach of

after

Karl Daxbacher Karl Daxbacher (born 15 April 1953) is an Austrian football manager and a former player. Private Daxbacher was born in St. Pölten, Austria, in 1953. He has four daughters. Playing career Daxbacher started his career at the ASV Statzendor ...

was sacked. The club had won two of their last eight matches and lost one of their last six. In his debut on 17 March 2015, Linz and SV Horn finished in a 1–1 draw.

Career statistics

National team statistics

International goal

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

Coaching record

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 ...

(4): ** 1995, 2003, 2005, 2008 *

Austrian Cup The Austrian Cup (german: ÖFB-Cup), known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for 27th t ...

(2): ** 1997, 2003