Dietmar Kühbauer

Dietmar Kühbauer

Dietmar Kühbauer (2010)
Personal information
Full name	Dietmar Kühbauer
Date of birth	4 April 1971 (1971-04-04) (age 40)
Place of birth	Heiligenkreuz, Austria
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Trenkwalder Admira (coach)
Youth career
	SV Mattersburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1987–1992	Admira Wacker	121	(7)
1992–1997	Rapid Wien	148	(33)
1997–2000	Real Sociedad	47	(2)
2000–2002	VfL Wolfsburg	49	(8)
2002–2008	SV Mattersburg	181	(24)
Total		546	(74)
National team‡
1992–2005	Austria	55	(5)
Teams managed
2008–2010	Trenkwalder Admira II
2010-	VfB Admira Wacker Mödling
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 August 2008. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 August 2008

Dietmar ("Didi") Kühbauer (born 4 April 1971 in Heiligenkreuz/Lafnitztal, Burgenland) is a former Austrian football midfielder, currently works as Head Coach from Trenkwalder Admira II.

Club career

A central midfielder with incredible passing, Kühbauer started his professional career at Admira Wacker, making his Austrian Football Bundesliga debut in 1987, at 16 years of age. After 5 years he moved to city rivals Rapid Wien with whom he won a league and domestic cup title. He also played in the 1996 UEFA Cup Winners Cup Final against Paris St Germain in Brussels, which Rapid lost. "Don Didi" is still considered a star among the Rapid fans. In 1999 he was chosen in Rapid's Team of the Century.

In 1997 he moved abroad to join La Liga side Real Sociedad and in 2000 he signed for German Bundesliga outfit VfL Wolfsburg. Two years later, he returned to Austria to play for his childhood team SV Mattersburg where he finished his playing career after the 2007/2008 season.^[1]

International career

He made his debut for Austria in a May 1992 friendly match against Poland and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.^[2] He earned 55 caps, scoring 5 goals.^[3] On September 4, 2005 he announced his retirement from international matches. His final international was a September 2005 World Cup qualification match against Poland.

Personal tragedy

On 16 February 1997, Kühbauer's three months-pregnant wife Michaela drove to Schwechat to pick him up after Rapid had enjoyed a winter break in Dubai. Tragedy happened when her car slewed off the road near Eisenstadt and she was rushed to hospital, with three ribs having punctured her lung. She fell into a coma and died a half year later. A disillusionised Kühbauer then left Austria to start a new career abroad.

Coaching career

On 18 November 2008 he signed a contract by Trenkwalder Admira II as Head Coach. 2010 he became coach of the first squad and led the team to the promotion to the Austrian Football Bundesliga[1].

Honours

Player

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (1):
  • 1996
• Austrian Cup (1):
  • 1995

Coach

• Austrian Football First League :
  • 2011

External links

• Profile - Rapid Archive
• Career stats - National Football Teams

References

1. ^ Mattersburg: Jahr eins nach Kühbauer - Vienna (German)
2. ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
3. ^ Appearances for Austrian National Team - RSSSF

Persondata
Name	Kuebauer, Dietmar
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Date of birth	4 April 1971
Place of birth	Heiligenkreuz, Austria
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