Richard Kitzbichler

Infobox Football biography
playername= Richard Kitzbichler
fullname = Richard Kitzbichler
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|1|12
cityofbirth = Wörgl
countryofbirth = Austria
height = Height|m=1.74
currentclub = Red Bull Salzburg II
clubnumber = 9
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = SV Niederndorf BNZ Tirol
years = 1992-1993 1993-1997 1994-1995 1997-2002 2002-2003 2003-2005 2005-2006 2006-
clubs = Wacker Innsbruck Tirol Innsbruck → SC Holz Pfeifer Kundl "(loan)" Austria Salzburg Hamburg Austria Wien Melbourne Victory Red Bull Salzburg II
caps(goals) = 000 0(0) 071 (14) 162 (27) 007 0(0) 045 0(3) 018 0(5) 030 0(5)
nationalyears = 1996-2002
nationalteam = fb|Austria
nationalcaps(goals) = 017 0(0)
manageryears =
managerclubs =
pcupdate = 20 July 2008
ntupdate = 20 July 2008

Richard Kitzbichler (born January 12, 1974 in Wörgl, Tyrol) is an Austrian football (soccer) player for Red Bull Salzburg II in the Austrian Football First League.

Career

Richard Kitzbichler started his career in 1992 with FC Wacker Innsbruck in the Austrian Bundesliga. In 1997 Kitzbichler signed a contract with SV Austria Salzburg and stayed there until 2002. He spent one season with Hamburger SV in the German Bundesliga, and then returned to Austria. From 2003 he played for FK Austria Wien, until 2005 when he joined Australian A-League club Melbourne Victory. After a highly-successful 2005 the popular Kitzbichler agreed to return to the club he left in 2002 to take up a playing and coaching role. In January 2006, Kitzbichler accepted a transfer back to his former club of Salzburg (now known as Red Bull Salzburg due to a corporate takeover), thus ending his time as one of the pioneering members of the new Melbourne football club. He is currently playing for Red Bull Salzburg's sister side, Red Bull Salzburg II, and helping them achieve promotion from the Austrian Regionalliga West to the 2nd Division of the Bundesliga.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in April 1996 against Hungary but was ignored for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He earned 17 caps, no goals scored. His last international was a May 2002 friendly match against Germany.

Honours

*Austrian Cup (1):
** 2005

External links

* [http://www.austria-archiv.at/spieler.php?Spieler_ID=108 Profile] - Austria Archive
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=508 Career stats] - National Football Teams
* [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=68995&cc=5739 A-League stats] - ESPN