Roman Mählich
Roman Mählich (born 17 September 1971) is an Austrian football manager and a former player. He played for different Austrian football clubs as midfielder.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roman Mählich | ||
| Date of birth | 17 September 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Wiener Neustadt, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1994 | Wiener Sport-Club | 135 | (4) |
| 1994–1995 | FC Tirol Innsbruck | 30 | (0) |
| 1995–2003 | Sturm Graz | 196 | (15) |
| 2003–2004 | SC Untersiebenbrunn | 31 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Austria Wien II | 45 | (2) |
| 2007 | ASK Schwadorf | 17 | (0) |
| 2008 | SV Wienerberger | 13 | (1) |
| 2008 | SCU Kilb | 7 | (2) |
| 2009 | SC Lassee | 13 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1992–2002 | Austria | 20 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2008–2009 | FK Austria Wien (U19 director of sports) | ||
| 2009 | SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 | ||
| 2010–2012 | SC Lassee | ||
| 2012–2013 | FC Marchfeld Mannsdorf | ||
| 2014–2015 | SV St. Margarethen | ||
| 2015 | FK Austria Wien II | ||
| 2015–2017 | FK Austria Wien (U18) | ||
| 2016–2017 | FK Austria Wien II (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2018 | SC Wiener Neustadt | ||
| 2018–2019 | Sturm Graz | ||
| 2019–2020 | SC Austria Lustenau | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Club career
Mählich started his career in the youth ranks of FC Hellas Kagran and Wiener Sport-Club. At Wiener Sport-Club he also started his professional career. Then he moved to FC Tirol Innsbruck in 1994. After one season he went to SK Sturm Graz. With this team he had his most successful time. He won 2 league titles and 3 Cups. He played also in the UEFA Champions League.
After 8 seasons in Graz, he played for some lower league sides as well as for the Austria Wien Amateure.
International career
He made his debut for Austria in a September 1992 friendly match against Portugal . He played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[1] He earned 20 caps. His last international was a May 2002 friendly match against Germany.
Coaching career
From August 2009, Mählich trained the first team of SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 in the Austrian Regionalliga Ost.[2] From December 2009 to June 2012 he worked as a trainer at SC Lassee. After having coached SC Mannsdorf and SV St. Margarethen, he was coach of the amateurs at Wiener Austria from March 2015 until the end of the season. From 2016 he acted as an assistant coach.
In June 2017 Mählich became coach of the second division club SC Wiener Neustadt.[3] In November 2018 he became coach of Bundesliga club SK Sturm Graz for which he had already played. In June 2019 they separated from Mählich.[4] In September 2019 he became coach of the second division club SC Austria Lustenau. In June 2020 he left Lustenau.[5] After that he became expert for Austrian television.
Honours
- Austrian Football Bundesliga (2):
- 1998, 1999
- Austrian Cup (3):
- 1996, 1997, 1999
Other websites
- Roman Mählich at National-Football-Teams.com
- Roman Mählich at Soccerway
- Roman Mählich at Footballdatabase
References
- ↑ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
- ↑ http://kurier.at (German)[dead link]
- ↑ Kurier.at (German)
- ↑ "SK Sturm Graz Homepage". Archived from the original on 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ↑ "Austria Lustenau Homepage". Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2023-01-28.