Leopold Lainer

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Leopold "Leo" Lainer (born September 10, 1960) is a former Austria international footballer. He played mainly for SV Austria Salzburg and SK Rapid Wien. He made more than 500 appearances in the Austrian Bundesliga.[1]

Leopold Lainer
Personal information
Date of birth (1960-09-10) September 10, 1960 (age 64)
Place of birthMaishofen, Austria
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
FC Red Bull Salzburg (scout)
Youth career
SE Maishofen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978–1982SV Austria Salzburg86(8)
1982–1988SK Rapid Wien169(19)
1988–1990FC Swarovski Tirol66(11)
1990–1997SV Austria Salzburg186(15)
National team
1982–1994Austria28(1)
Teams managed
2003–2005SV Pasching (assistant)
2006–2017FC Red Bull Salzburg (scout)
2017 - 2018FC Red Bull Salzburg Academy U15
2019 - 2020FC Red Bull Salzburg Academy U16 assistance coach
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

He started with his local club SK Maishofen . From there he went to SV Austria Salzburg. In 1982 he went on to SK Rapid Wien. 1988 he went to FC Wacker Innsbruck. In 1990 he came back to Salzburg. In 1996 he ended his professional career. After that he played at amateur level for different clubs mainly around Salzburg (SV Gerasdorf, SV Seekirchen 1945, PSV/Schwarz-Weiß Salzburg, FC Bergheim, SV Bad Ischl ). In 2005 his career ended.

International career

His debut in the national team was on 17 November 1982 against Turkey (4-0) in Vienna. His last match was on 17 August 1994 against Russia (0-3) in Klagenfurt. [2]

Manager

After the end of his career he worked as assistance coach for FC Pasching. Then he was scout with FC Red Bull Salzburg. He also was coach in the Salzburg academy with the U15 and U16 team.[3]

Personal Life

His son Stefan Lainer is also a professional footballer. His daughter Franziska is also active as a football player and coach.

Honours

References

  1. "Leo Lainer". worldfootball.net. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  2. Transfermarkt.at Profile
  3. Transfermarkt.at manager profile Leo Lainer