Richard Kitzbichler
Richard Kitzbichler (born 12 January 1974 in Wörgl, Tyrol) is an Austrian former football player.[1] He is currently the assistant manager of Southampton.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Kitzbichler | ||
| Date of birth | 12 January 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Wörgl, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Southampton (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SV Niederndorf | |||
| BNZ Tirol | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1993 | Wacker Innsbruck | 4 | (0) |
| 1993–1997 | Tirol Innsbruck | 71 | (14) |
| 1994–1995 | → SC Holz Pfeifer Kundl (loan) | 32 | (15) |
| 1997–2002 | Austria Salzburg | 162 | (27) |
| 2002–2003 | Hamburger SV | 7 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Austria Wien | 45 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | Melbourne Victory | 18 | (5) |
| 2006–2009 | Red Bull Salzburg II | 59 | (15) |
| Total | 398 | (79) | |
| National team | |||
| 1996–2002 | Austria | 17 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009–2015 | Red Bull Salzburg (video analyst) | ||
| 2015–2017 | Red Bull Salzburg (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2019 | Beijing Sinobo Guoan (assistant) | ||
| 2019– | Southampton (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Playing career
Kitzbichler started his career in 1992 with FC Wacker Innsbruck in the Austrian Bundesliga. In 1997, Kitzbichler signed a contract with SV Austria Salzburg and stayed there until 2002. He spent one season with Hamburger SV in the German Bundesliga, and then returned to Austria. From 2003 he played for FK Austria Wien, until 2005 when he joined Australian A-League club Melbourne Victory. After a highly successful 2005, the popular Kitzbichler agreed to return to the club he left in 2002 to take up a playing and coaching role. In January 2006, Kitzbichler accepted a transfer back to his former club of Salzburg (now known as Red Bull Salzburg due to a corporate takeover), thus ending his time as one of the pioneering members of the new Melbourne football club. He helped Red Bull Salzburg's amateur side, Red Bull Salzburg II, achieve promotion from the Austrian Regionalliga West to the Second Division of the Bundesliga. He retired from active football in May 2009.
Coaching career
He was member of the coaching staff of FC Red Bull Salzburg where he worked as video analyst, and for a couple of month as assistant coach.[2]
In 2017 Roger Schmidt brought Kitzbichler to Beijing.
In August 2019, he was announced as first team assistant coach of Premier League club Southampton, working alongside Ralph Hasenhüttl.
International career
He made his debut for Austria in April 1996 against Hungary but was ignored for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He earned 17 caps, no goals scored. His last international was a May 2002 friendly match against Germany.
National team statistics
| Austria national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 17 | 0 |
Honours
Austria Wien
- Austrian Cup: 2004–05
- Austrian Supercup: 2004
Austria Salzburg
- Austrian Supercup: 1997
References
- "Richard Kitzbichler". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- "RBSB Team". Red Bull Salzburg. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Richard Kitzbichler. |
- Richard Kitzbichler recalls his Victory days
- Kitzbichler: That's how it is in the realm of means
- Richard Kitzbichler at Austria Archiv (in German)
- Richard Kitzbichler at National-Football-Teams.com
- Richard Kitzbichler at ESPN FC