Christoph Westerthaler
Christoph Westerthaler (11 January 1965 – 20 July 2018[7]) was an Austrian football coach and former football player. He was born in Silz, Austria. He made his debut for Austria in an October 1989 friendly match against Malta. He was a small-built striker who started his professional career at FC Wacker Innsbruck and stayed with them for 9 years.
.jpg) Westerthaler in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 January 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Silz, Austria | ||
| Date of death | 20 July 2018 (aged 53) | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder, striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1973–1983 | SPG Silz/Mötz | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1986 | FC Wacker Innsbruck | 30 | (7) |
| 1986–1988 | LASK Linz | 53 | (18) |
| 1988–1994 | FC Swarovski Tirol | 167 | (66) |
| 1994–1995 | SK Vorwärts Steyr | 49 | (14) |
| 1996–1997 | LASK Linz | 47 | (13) |
| 1997 | APOEL Nicosia | 0 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 47 | (8) |
| 2000 | FSV Frankfurt | 33 | (26) |
| 2001 | VfL Osnabrück | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 433 | (152) | |
| National team | |||
| 1989–1993 | Austria | 6 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2002–2005 | FC Wacker Tirol (assistant) | ||
| 2005–2007 | Innsbrucker AC | ||
| 2008 | SV Völs | ||
| 2011–2014[1] | SV Horn (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2015[2] | SV Horn | ||
| 2015–2016[3] | SV Horn (assistant) | ||
| 2016[4] | SV Horn (interim) | ||
| 2016–2017[5] | SV Horn (assistant) | ||
| 2017[6] | SV Horn (interim) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Westerthaler died on 20 July 2018 from a heart attack, aged 53.[8]
References
- ↑ Westerthaler heuert beim SV Horn als Co-Trainer an[dead link], relevant.at, 5 January 2011
- ↑ Christoph Westerthaler Horn-Trainer‚ news.at, 29 September 2014
- ↑ Japanischer Investor: Wacker rätselt über Horn-Projekt‚ tt.com, 10 June 2015
- ↑ Johann Kleer und SV Horn gehen getrennte Wege‚ meinbezirk.at, 4 April 2016
- ↑ Masanori Hamayoshi wird neuer Cheftrainer Archived 27 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine‚ svhorn.at, 11 April 2016
- ↑ Carsten Jancker neuer Trainer bei Erste-Liga-Absteiger Horn‚ tt.com, 1 June 2017
- ↑ Twitter page from Eintracht Frankfurt, www.twitter.com, 21 July 2018
- ↑ Ex-Wacker-Torjäger Westerthaler verstorben Archived 2018-07-21 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
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