Alfred Riedl

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Alfred Riedl (born November 2, 1949 in Vienna) is an Austrian football manager and a former striker.

He used to play for FK Austria Wien when he left Austria for the Belgian club Sint-Truiden at the age of 22. After he played 8 seasons in Jupiler League (2 with Sint-Truiden, 2 with Royal Antwerp and 4 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.

Riedl has been capped 4 times for the Austria national football team. He finished twice as top scorer of the Jupiler League.

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), and Vietnam (1998-2001, 2003-04, 2005-2007). On the 30th of June he coached Vietnam to a historical win over a stronger Bahrain (5 - 3). In the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, he has coached Vietnam to a 2 - 0 victory over UAE.

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[edit] Honours (as a player)

[edit] Club honours

[edit] Individual honours

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