Peter Pacult (born 28 October 1959) is an Austrian former professional
footballer
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and current
football manager
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. He is in charge of
Austria Klagenfurt
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ci ...
.
Club career
A prolific striker, however not for the national team, Pacult started his career at Vienna side Floridsdorfer AC before turning professional with
Wiener SC. He joined Austrian giants
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, ...
four years later, losing the
UEFA Cup Winners Cup
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Final in 1985 against
Everton. He moved on to and won two league titles with
FC Tirol Innsbruck
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 ...
, with whom he was the top goal scorer in the
1990–91 European Cup
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alongside
Jean-Pierre Papin
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.
In 1993, he moved abroad to help
TSV 1860 Munich
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1860 Munich was one of the founding members o ...
win promotion to the
Bundesliga
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. He finished his career at the other big Vienna club, Austria, in 1996.
International career
He made his debut for
Austria
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in October 1982 against
Northern Ireland
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but was not considered for the
1990 FIFA World Cup
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. He earned 24 caps, scoring one goal. His last international was a November 1993 World Cup qualification match against
Sweden
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.
International goal
:''Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first.''
Coaching career
Pacult was head coach of 1860 Munich II from April 2001 to June 2001,
1860 Munich
, commonly known as TSV 1860 München (; lettered as ) or 1860 Munich, is a sports club based in Munich. The club's football team currently plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football.
1860 Munich was one of the founding members of ...
from October 2001
to March 2003,
FC Kärnten
FC Kärnten was an Austrian association football club based in Klagenfurt, Carinthia. It was founded in 1920 under the name of KSK Klagenfurt.
History Austria Klagenfurt
Austria Klagenfurt played successfully in the ''Kärntner Liga'' and in ...
from January 2004
to June 2005,
Dynamo Dresden
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from December 2005
to September 2006,
Rapid Wien
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from September 2006
to April 2011,
and
RB Leipzig
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from July 2011
to July 2012.
Pacult returned to Dynamo Dresden between December 2012
and August 2013.
Both supporters and the club's board was dissatisfied with his performance during the last match; frustrated with recent results.
He was hired to coach
FAC Team für Wien
The Floridsdorfer Athletics Sports Club or simply Floridsdorfer AC is a professional football club based in Floridsdorf, the 21st district of Vienna. The club was founded in August 1904. Floridsdorfer AC won the Austrian football championship in ...
on 22 April 2015.
In June 2017 he became the coach of
Serbian SuperLiga
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side
Radnički Niš.
In March 2019 he became the coach of
Montenegrin First League
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side
OFK Titograd
OFK Titograd (Montenegrin Cyrillic: ОФК Титоград) is a professional football club based in Podgorica, Montenegro. Founded in 1951, they play in the Third League of Montenegro. The team has one league trophy and two Montenegrin Cup tro ...
.
Coaching record
Honours
Player
Club
Rapid Wien
*
Austrian Cup
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:
1984–85
Swarovski Tirol
*
Austrian 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 ...
:
1988–89,
1989–90
*
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 ...
:
1988–89
Individual
Performance
*
Austrian Bundesliga
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Top Scorer:
1988–89 (26 goals)
*
European Cup top scorer:
1990–91
Manager
Rapid Wien
*
Austrian 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 ...
:
2007–08
References
External links
Peter Pacultat rapidarchiv.at
Peter Pacultat austria-archiv.at
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Peter Pacultat worldfootball.net
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1959 births
Living people
Footballers from Vienna
Austrian footballers
Austria international footballers
Association football forwards
SK Rapid Wien players
FC Wacker Innsbruck players
TSV 1860 Munich players
FK Austria Wien players
Austrian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Bundesliga players
Austrian football managers
TSV 1860 Munich managers
FC Kärnten managers
Dynamo Dresden managers
Floridsdorfer AC managers
SK Rapid Wien managers
RB Leipzig managers
HNK Cibalia managers
FK Radnički Niš managers
FK Kukësi managers
OFK Titograd managers
Bundesliga managers
2. Bundesliga players
UEFA Champions League top scorers
Austrian expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Serbia
Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
Expatriate football managers in Albania
Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Albania