Kurt Russ (born 23 November 1964) is an Austrian

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coach and a former player.

Club career

Russ began his playing career with his home town club of FC Langenwang and later moved on to

Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberger SV is an Austrian association football club from Kapfenberg. They won the 2007–08 Austrian Football First League and advanced to the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1919 as ''Kapfenberger SC''. The club was renamed ...

. During his professional club career he played for

First Vienna First Vienna FC is an Austrian association football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna. Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there. It is familiarly k ...

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

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 ...

. He finished his career at

SC Schwanenstadt SC Schwanenstadt was an Austrian football club from Schwanenstadt, Upper Austria. The club was founded on 16 March 1946, it achieved promotion to the Landeliga (IV) in 2000 and to the Regionalliga Mitte one year later, where in 2005 they won ...

to become player/coach.

International career

Russ' international debut came in the 1–0 victory over

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on 27 April 1988. Under Josef Hickersberger's management of the Austrian national side, Russ was an almost permanent fixture appearing in the starting line ups of 27, out of a possible 31, internationals. The culmination of which was the

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. Hickersberger's departure issued in the era of

Alfred Riedl Alfred Riedl (2 November 1949 – 8 September 2020) was an Austrian football player and manager. As a player he was a striker. His last coaching role was with the Indonesia national football team. Playing career Club career He first played fo ...

as national coach, which saw a decline in Russ's use. His final international was a June 1991 European qualification match, like his debut game also against

Coaching career

More recently he has been the trainer with

and from the summer of 2007 until March 2008 he was head coach of Vorwärts Steyr. He was the head coach of

KSV Amateur Mannschaft
- Kapfenberger SV from 2013 until 2016.

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References

1964 births Living people People from Mürzzuschlag District Footballers from Styria Austrian footballers Association football defenders Austria international footballers 1990 FIFA World Cup players First Vienna FC players FC Wacker Innsbruck players LASK players Kapfenberger SV players Austrian football managers Austrian Football Bundesliga managers SK Vorwärts Steyr managers Kapfenberger SV managers TSV Hartberg managers {{austria-footy-defender-stub