Alfred Riedl
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alfred Riedl | ||
Date of birth | 2 November 1949 | ||
Place of birth | Vienna, Austria | ||
Date of death | 8 September 2020 | (aged 70)||
Place of death | Pottendorf (Niederösterreich), Austria | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1961–1967 | ATSV Teesdorf | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1967–1972 | Austria Wien | 98 | (58) |
1972–1974 | Sint-Truiden | 56 | (33) |
1974–1976 | FC Antwerp | 54 | (34) |
1976–1980 | Standard Liège | 106 | (53) |
1980 | FC Metz | 19 | (6) |
1981–1982 | Grazer AK | 42 | (11) |
1982–1984 | Wiener Sport-Club | 52 | (15) |
1984–1985 | VfB Mödling | 0 | (0) |
Total | 427 | (210) | |
National team | |||
Austria U-18 | 5 | (0) | |
Austria U-23 | 6 | (0) | |
1975–1978 | Austria | 4 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1989–1990 | Wiener Sport-Club | ||
1990–1991 | Austria | ||
1991–1993 | Favoritner AC | ||
1993–1994 | Olympique Khouribga | ||
1994–1995 | El Zamalek | ||
1997–1998 | Liechtenstein | ||
1998–2000 | Vietnam | ||
2001 | Khatoco Khánh Hòa | ||
2001–2003 | Al Salmiya | ||
2003–2004 | Vietnam | ||
2004–2005 | Palestine | ||
2005–2007 | Vietnam | ||
2008–2009 | Hải Phòng | ||
2009–2010 | Laos | ||
2010–2011 | Indonesia | ||
2011–2012 | Laos (Technical Director) | ||
2012–2013 | Visé (Head of Youth Development) | ||
2013–2014 | Indonesia | ||
2015 | PSM Makassar | ||
2016 | Indonesia | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Alfred Riedl (2 November 1949 – 8 September 2020[1][2]) was an Austrian football player and manager. As a player he was a striker. His last coaching role was with the Indonesia national football team.
Playing career[]
Club career[]
He first played for FK Austria Wien, before leaving Austria to play for the Belgian club Sint-Truiden at the age of 22. After he played eight seasons in Belgian First Division (two with Sint-Truiden, two with Royal Antwerp and four 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 Belgian First Division.
International career[]
Riedl was capped four 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), Vietnam (1998–2001, 2003–04, 2005–07), and Laos (2009–10). In the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, he has coached Vietnam to a 2–0 victory over UAE and help the team to get to the quarterfinal for the first time in history. Unfortunately, in late 2007, after the team's disappointing performance in the SEA Games 2007 competition, he was fired and replaced by the Portuguese coach Henrique Calisto. In October 2008, he returned to Vietnam to coach the Hải Phòng soccer club. However, after only three matches with poor performance, he was dismissed.[3] On 9 July 2009, he signed a contract as head coach of Laos, the contract was for two years.[4]
Indonesia[]
On 4 May 2010, Alfred Riedl was named the new coach of Indonesia's national and under-23 sides.[5] He led the Indonesian national team to the 2010 AFF Suzuki Final but lost to Malaysia on 2–4 aggregate score. Then suddenly, on 13 July 2011, he lost his job because of a "contract dispute",[6] after a highly publicized political power struggle within the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI), and was replaced by Wim Rijsbergen.[7]
After a return to Laos as technical director and Belgian club Visé as head of youth development, Riedl was reappointed as Indonesia national team head coach in December 2013, signing a 3-year contract.[8][9][10] His contract was terminated by mutual consent at the end of 2014, after Indonesia failed to qualify for the knockout stages of the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup. Riedl then accepted the head coach job of PSM Makassar in early 2015, but resigned in April the same year because of health issues, before the league even started.
Rield returned as the head coach of Indonesia in 2016 on a one-year contract, and this time he guided Indonesia to the finals of 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup, repeating his 2010 performance. After Indonesia lost to Thailand 2–3 on aggregate in the finals, his contract was not renewed by PSSI.
Death[]
Riedl died on 8 September 2020 in Austria due to cancer.[11][12]
Honours[]
Player[]
Austria Wien[]
- Austrian Football Championship: 1968–69, 1969–70
- Austrian Cup: 1970–71
Grazer AK[]
- Austrian Cup: 1980–81
Individual[]
- Austrian Football Championship Top Scorer: 1971–72[13]
- Belgian First Division Top Scorer: 1972–73, 1974–75
Manager[]
Vietnam[]
- AFF Championship runner-up: 1998
- Southeast Asian Games runner-up: 1999
- King's Cup runner-up: 2006
Vietnam Olympic[]
- Southeast Asian Games runner-up: 2003, 2005
Indonesia[]
- AFF Championship runner-up: 2010, 2016
References[]
- ^ "Trauer um Ex-ÖFB-Teamchef Alfred Riedl" (in German). Kurier. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ "Alfred Riedl Meninggal Dunia" (in Indonesian). CNN Indonesia. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ "Hai Phong fires coach Riedl". VietNamNet Bridge. Archived from the original on 10 March 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ "Neuer Job für Alfred Riedl". Archived from the original on 15 July 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
- ^ AFC website
- ^ Foxnews.com
- ^ The Jakarta Post: PSSI Fires Riedl Appoints New Coach Archived 15 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Alfred Riedl dapat kontrak bersyarat dari PSSI-BTN". 7 December 2013.
- ^ "Alfred Riedl wieder Teamchef". 8 December 2013.
- ^ http://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/3952/asia/2013/12/09/4464074/indonesia-reappoint-riedl-with-aff-championship-ultimatum
- ^ "Riedl loses cancer fight, Kiatisak hails Austrian". Bangkok Post. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Former Indonesian national team soccer coach Alfred Riedl dies at 70". The Jakarta Post. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Österreichs Torschützenkönige". oberliga-a.at. Archived from the original on 15 September 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
External links[]
- Official page
- Profile – Austria Archive
- Alfred Riedl at National-Football-Teams.com
- Alfred Riedl Interview
- 1949 births
- 2020 deaths
- Footballers from Vienna
- Austrian footballers
- Austria international footballers
- FK Austria Wien players
- Sint-Truidense V.V. players
- Royal Antwerp F.C. players
- Standard Liège players
- FC Metz players
- Grazer AK players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Ligue 1 players
- Austrian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Austrian football managers
- Wiener Sport-Club managers
- Austria national football team managers
- Expatriate football managers in Liechtenstein
- Liechtenstein national football team managers
- Expatriate football managers in Vietnam
- Vietnam national football team managers
- Expatriate football managers in Kuwait
- Expatriate football managers in the State of Palestine
- Palestine national football team managers
- Expatriate football managers in Laos
- Laos national football team managers
- Expatriate football managers in Indonesia
- Indonesia national football team managers
- 2007 AFC Asian Cup managers
- Austrian expatriate football managers
- Olympique Club de Khouribga managers
- Association football forwards
- PSM Makassar managers
- Al-Salmiya SC managers
- Kuwait Premier League managers