Willibald Ruttensteiner

Willie Ruttensteiner
Personal information
Full name	Williblad Ruttensteiner
Date of birth	12 November 1962 (age 59)
Place of birth	Steyr, Austria
Club information
Current team	Israel (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Union Wolfern
	[de]
	[de]
	FC Union Wels [de]
Teams managed
1993-1995	[de]
1995-1996	FC Linz U18 (trainer)
1996-1997	FC Linz (co-trainer)
1997-1998	FC Linz
1998-1999	LASK Linz (sports director)
1998-1999	Upper Austria (youth manager)
1999-2001	Austria Football Association (sports coordinator and U21 trainer)
2001-2006	Austria Football Association (sports director and U21 trainer)
2005, 2011	Austria (trainer)
2006-2018	Austria Football Association (sports director)
2018-2020	Israel Football Association (sports director)
2020-	Israel
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Willibald "Willi" Ruttensteiner (born 12 November 1962) is an Austrian businessman and football administrator and manager who currently serves as head coach of the Israel national team as well as the head of the youth development program "Project12". Following the resignation of Dietmar Constantini in September 2011, Ruttensteiner was acting trainer of the Austria national football team^[1] for two games. In the two games he managed a win and a tie. He was also responsible for the signing of national coach Marcel Koller, who was controversial in the beginning and later very successful.^[2]

Early life[]

Ruttensteiner was born in Steyr, Austria. He is Christian.^[3]

Career as manager[]

1993 – 1995: [de] (Champion 1993/1994)
1995 – 1996: U18-trainer FC Linz (Austrian Champion)
1996 – 1997: Co-Trainer FC Linz (Champion under Heinz Hochhauser)
1997 – 1998: Head coach FC Linz^[4]
1998 – 1999: Sports director LASK Linz and youth manager of the Upper Austrian Football Association
1999 – 2001: ÖFB sports coordinator and U21-Trainer
2001 – 2006: ÖFB sports director and U21-Trainer
since 2006: ÖFB sports director
October 2005: Responsible for training the Austria national football team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification games against England and Northern Ireland^[5]
September – November 2011: Responsible for training the Austria national football team in the European Championship qualification games against Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.
June 2018: Israel Football Association sports director (under Israel's head coach and Austrian manager Andi Herzog)
July 2020: Israel head coach

Career as a player[]

Union Wolfern
[de]
[de]
FC Union Wels [de]

Managerial Statistics[]

As of Match played 15 November 2021

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Israel	July 2020	present	19	8	3	8	042.11

References[]

^ "Constantini gibt auf und taucht unter" (in German). Der Standard. 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
^ Hackl, Christian (2015-09-11). "Ruttensteiner: "Ich war in Trance und packte es kaum"" (in German). Der Standard. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
^ ""אי אפשר לחלום על המונדיאל, צריך סבלנות"". 5 September 2021.
^ Gossmann, Gerald (2015-10-12). "Der PowerPoint-Willi" (in German). Zeit. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
^ "Bilanz des Interimchefs" (in German). Wiener Zeitung. 2005-10-13. Retrieved 2016-03-11.

External links[]

Sportdirektor des ÖFB (in German)
Talentförderung Projekt 12 (in German)

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[1] "Constantini gibt auf und taucht unter" (in German). Der Standard. 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2016-03-11.

[2] Hackl, Christian (2015-09-11). "Ruttensteiner: "Ich war in Trance und packte es kaum"" (in German). Der Standard. Retrieved 2016-03-11.

[3] ""אי אפשר לחלום על המונדיאל, צריך סבלנות"". 5 September 2021.

[4] Gossmann, Gerald (2015-10-12). "Der PowerPoint-Willi" (in German). Zeit. Retrieved 2016-03-11.

[5] "Bilanz des Interimchefs" (in German). Wiener Zeitung. 2005-10-13. Retrieved 2016-03-11.

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