Manfred Linzmaier
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Manfred Linzmaier (born 27 August 1962 in
Kufstein Kufstein (; Central Bavarian: ''Kufstoa'') is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the administrative seat of Kufstein District. With a population of about 19,600 it is the second largest Tyrolean town after the state capital Innsbruck. The great ...
) is a retired
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. He is now a football manager.


Club career

Nicknamed ''Tyroler Keegan'', Linzmaier started his professional career at
FC Wacker Innsbruck FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol. History The ''Fußball-Club Wacker'' ("Valiant") ''Innsbruck'' was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and o ...
, later renamed
FC Swarovski Tirol FC Swarovski Tirol was an Austrian association football club from 1986 to 1992, based in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. History It was created by crystal manufacturer Swarovski as a split-off of FC Wacker Innsbruck, whose Bundesliga license it a ...
, and stayed for 12 years playing alongside German
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. He moved to
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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 ...
to clinch promotion to the
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. He then had a short spell at
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before winning the 2nd division title again with
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 ...
. He finished his career at hometown club
FC Kufstein Fußballclub Kufstein is an association football club based in the town of Kufstein, Tyrol, Austria, that competes in Regionalliga Tirol, one of the third tiers of the Austrian football league system. Founded in 1987, it is affiliated to the Tiro ...
. After his playing career, he became assistant to head-coach
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at
FC Tirol FC Tirol Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol which existed between 1993 and 2002, when bankruptcy was declared. History It was – after the establishment of FC Swarovski Tirol in 1986 – the s ...
,
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and 1. FC Kaiserslautern.


International career

He made his debut for
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in 1985 and was a participant at the
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.Record at FIFA Tournaments
- FIFA He earned 25 caps, scoring 2 goals. His last international was a May 1991 friendly match against
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.


International goals

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


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 ...
(2): ** 1989, 1990 *
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): ** 1989, 1993


External links


LASK stats
- LASK *

- Wacker Innsbruck


References

1962 births Living people People from Kufstein Austrian footballers Austria men's international footballers 1990 FIFA World Cup players FC Wacker Innsbruck players LASK players SK Vorwärts Steyr players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Austrian football managers FC Red Bull Salzburg managers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Tyrol (state) 20th-century Austrian people FC Swarovski Tirol players {{austria-footy-midfielder-stub