Richard Niederbacher

Richard Niederbacher

Personal information
Date of birth	7 December 1961 (1961-12-07) (age 49)
Place of birth	Gleisdorf, Austria
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1979–1983	Sturm Graz	70	(23)
1983–1984	SV Waregem	33	(24)
1984–1985	Paris Saint-Germain	18	(5)
1985	Stade Reims	15	(5)
1986	First Vienna	2	(0)
1986	Rapid Wien	14	(8)
1987–1992	SV Waregem	152	(61)
1992–1993	Vorwärts Steyr	27	(10)
1993–1994	Stahl Linz
1994–1995	Pécsi Mecsek	22	(10)
1995–1997	DSV Leoben
National team‡
1984–1988	Austria	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 August 2008. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 August 2008

Richard Niederbacher (born 7 December 1961 in Gleisdorf) is a retired Austrian football player.

Currently he works for a regional football association and used to be co-trainer of Gleisdorf, where he lives together with his wife (who is former Miss Belgium Françoise Bostoen) and two kids.

Club career

Niederbacher played for Strum Graz, SV Waregem, Paris Saint-Germain, Stade Reims, First Vienna, Rapid Wien, Vorwärts Steyr, LASK Linz, Pécsi Mecsek and DSV Leoben. In September 2009 he took over the Head Coaching Position from Dejan Stankovic at the Austrian Regional League Club (Regionalliga Mitte, 3rd Austrian League) DSV Leoben. After financial troubles at the club he left in Summer 2010 to take on a Job as a Coaching Assistant in his hometown Gleisdorf.

International career

He also played 4 times for the Austrian national side.

Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (1):
  • 1987
• Austrian Cup (1):
  • 1987

External links

• Player profile - PlayerHistory
• Career stats - National Football Teams
• (German) Player profile - Weltfußball
• (German) Player profile - RapidArchiv

Persondata
Name	Niederbacher, Richard
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Date of birth	7 December 1961
Place of birth	Gleisdorf, Austria
Date of death
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