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Richard Kitzbichler (born 12 January 1974) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[1] He is the assistant manager of Southampton.

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Richard Kitzbichler

Kitzbichler in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	(1974-01-12) 12 January 1974 (age 48)
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Kitzbichler was born in Wörgl, Tyrol. He started his career in 1992 with FC Wacker Innsbruck in the Austrian Bundesliga. In 1997, he 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.

International career

Kitzbichler 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.

Coaching career

Kitzbichler 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.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	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

External links

• 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

На других языках

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[de] Richard Kitzbichler

Richard Kitzbichler (* 12. Jänner 1974 in Wörgl, Tirol) ist ein ehemaliger österreichischer Fußballspieler und heutiger -trainer. Seit 2019 ist er Co-Trainer von Ralph Hasenhüttl beim FC Southampton.

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- [en] Richard Kitzbichler

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[fr] Richard Kitzbichler

Richard Kitzbichler, né le 12 janvier 1974 à Wörgl en Autriche, est un footballeur international autrichien, devenu entraîneur à l'issue de sa carrière, qui évoluait au poste de milieu de terrain.

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[it] Richard Kitzbichler

Richard Kitzbichler (Wörgl, 12 gennaio 1974) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore austriaco, di ruolo centrocampista.

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