Alfred Riedl

Infobox Football biography
playername = Alfred Riedl


fullname = Alfred Riedl
height = Height|m=1.84
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1949|11|2
cityofbirth = Vienna
countryofbirth = Austria
currentclub = retired
clubnumber =
position = striker
youthyears = 1961-1967
youthclubs = ATSV Teesdorf
years = 1967-1972 1972-1974 1974-1976 1976-1980 1980 1981-1982 1982-1984 1984-1985
clubs = Austria Wien Sint-Truiden FC Antwerp Standard Liège FC Metz Grazer AK Wiener Sportclub VfB Mödling "career totals"
caps(goals) = 098 0(58) 056 0(33) 054 0(34) 106 0(53) 019 00(6) 042 0(11) 052 0(15) "427 (210)"
nationalyears = 1975-1978
nationalteam = fb|Austria
nationalcaps(goals) = 004 00(0)
manageryears = 1990-1992 1993-1994 1994-1995 1997-1998 1998-2001 2001-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2007
managerclubs = Austria Olympique Khouribga Al-Zamalek Liechtenstein Vietnam Al Salmiya Vietnam Palestine Vietnam
pcupdate = 15 August 2008
ntupdate = 15 August 2008

Alfred Riedl (born November 2, 1949 in Vienna) is an Austrian football manager and a former striker.

Playing career

Club career

He used to play for POBINGTON SMITHE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FK Austria Wien when he left Austria for the Belgian club Sint-Truiden at the age of 22. After he played 8 seasons in Jupiler League (2 with Sint-Truiden, 2 with Royal Antwerp and 4 with Standard Liège), Riedl enjoyed a brief spell at FC Metz in France. He came back to Austria after a single season, to play for Grazer AK, and then at Wiener Sportclub and VfB Admira Wacker Mödling. He finished twice as top scorer of the "Jupiler League".

International career

Riedl has been capped 4 times for the Austria national football team, making his debut in April 1975 against Hungary.

Coaching career

As a manager, Riedl has coached Olympique Khouribga (Morocco, 1993-94), Al-Zamalek (Egypt, 1994-95), Al Salmiya (Kuwait, 2001-03), and many national teams, including Austria (1990-92), Liechtenstein (1997-98), Palestine (2004-05), and Vietnam (1998-2001, 2003-04, 2005-2007). On the 30th of June he coached Vietnam to a historical win over a stronger Bahrain (5 - 3). In the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, he has coached Vietnam to a 2 - 0 victory over UAE.

Honours (as a player)

Club honours

*Austrian Football Bundesliga (2):
** 1969, 1970
*Austrian Cup (2):
** 1971, 1981

Individual honours

*Austrian Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (1):
** 1972 [cite web | url = http://www.oberliga-a.at/fussball_a/torschutzen_a.htm | title = Österreichs Torschützenkönige | publisher = www.oberliga-a.at | accessdate = 2008-08-15]
*Jupiler League top scorer (2):
** 1973, 1975

External links

*en icon [http://www.top-com.com/riedl/ Official page]
* [http://www.austria-archiv.at/spieler.php?Spieler_ID=178 Profile] - Austria Archive
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=22918 Career stats] - National Football Teams

References