Roman Mählich (born 17 September 1971) is an

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n football manager and a former player.

Club career

A stocky midfielder, Mählich started his professional career at

Wiener Sportclub The Wiener Sport-Club, sometimes abbreviated as WSC, was established in 1883 in Vienna, Austria and is one of the country's oldest athletics clubs. Their traditional home is in the Dornbach quarter of the city ( 17th district). History At var ...

before moving to

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 ...

in 1994. After one season in

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, he joined

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 ...

and had his most successful period with them, winning 2 league titles and 3 domestic cups, as well as playing in the

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competi ...

. After 8 seasons in Graz, he played for some lower league sides as well as for the Austria Wien reserves.

International career

He made his debut for

in a September 1992 friendly match against

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and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He earned 20 caps, no goals scored. His last international was a May 2002 friendly match against

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Coaching career

Mählich has been head coach of

Parndorf Parndorf ( hu, Pándorfalu, hr, Pandrof) is a town in the district of Neusiedl am See in the Austrian state of Burgenland. Its original ancient name Perun In Slavic mythology, Perun (Cyrillic: Перýн) is the highest god of the pantheo ...

, SC Lassee, SC Mannsdorf, SV St. Margarethen, and the reserve team for Austria Wien. He was head coach of Parndorf from 1 July 2009 to 31 December 2009. His first match was a 5–1 win against Team für Wien on 7 August 2009. The following week, they were knocked out by

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, ...

in extra time in the first round of the Austrian Cup. His final match was a 1–1 draw against

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on 13 November 2009. He was head coach of Lassee between 1 January 2010 and 12 May 2012. Then he took over Mannsdorf between 24 September 2012 and 20 October 2013. His first match was a 3–2 loss against Leobendorf on 29 October 2012. His final match was a 4–1 loss against

Bad Vöslau Bad Vöslau (; Central Bavarian: ''Bod Vöslau'') is a spa town in the Lower Austria federal state of Austria. It is also known as the cradle of the Austrian red wine cultivation. Population (2008): 11,190. Geography Bad Vöslau is located 35&nb ...

. He was head coach of St. Margarethen between 1 July 2014 and when he was appoint head coach of the reserve team of Austria Wien. His first match was a 1–1 draw against Klingenbach. His final match was a 2–2 draw against

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on 21 March 2015. Mählich became the head coach of the reserve team for Austria Wien on 25 March 2015. After the season, he became a coach in the academy. Andreas Ogris replaced him on 22 June 2015. On 16 September 2019 he was hired by

SC Austria Lustenau Sportclub Austria Lustenau is a professional association football club based in the town of Lustenau, Vorarlberg, Austria, that competes in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, the top tier of the Austrian football league system. Founded in 1914, ...

Coaching record

Honours

* Austrian Football Bundesliga (2): ** 1998, 1999 * Austrian Cup (3): ** 1996, 1997, 1999

References

External links

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Roman Mählich
at Footballdatabase {{DEFAULTSORT:Mahlich, Roman 1971 births Living people Footballers from Vienna Austrian footballers Austria international footballers 1998 FIFA World Cup players FC Tirol Innsbruck players SK Sturm Graz players Association football midfielders Austrian football managers SC Austria Lustenau managers SC Wiener Neustadt managers SK Sturm Graz managers FK Austria Wien non-playing staff