Peter Pacult (born 28 October 1959) is an Austrian former professional

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and current

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. He is in charge of

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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

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four years later, losing the

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Final in 1985 against Everton. He moved on to and won two league titles with

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, with whom he was the top goal scorer in the

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alongside

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. In 1993, he moved abroad to help

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win promotion to the

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. He finished his career at the other big Vienna club, Austria, in 1996.

International career

He made his debut for

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in October 1982 against

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but was not considered for the

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. He earned 24 caps, scoring one goal. His last international was a November 1993 World Cup qualification match against

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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,

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from October 2001 to March 2003,

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from January 2004 to June 2005,

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from December 2005 to September 2006,

from September 2006 to April 2011, and

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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

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on 22 April 2015. In June 2017 he became the coach of

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side Radnički Niš. In March 2019 he became the coach of

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side

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Coaching record

Honours

Player

Club

Rapid Wien *

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: 1984–85 Swarovski Tirol *

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: 1988–89, 1989–90 *

: 1988–89

Individual

Performance *

Top Scorer: 1988–89 (26 goals) * European Cup top scorer: 1990–91

Manager

Rapid Wien *

: 2007–08

References

External links

Peter Pacult
at rapidarchiv.at
Peter Pacult
at austria-archiv.at *
Peter Pacult
at worldfootball.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Pacult, Peter 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