Kurt Russ

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Personal information
Full name	Kurt Russ
Date of birth	November 12, 1964 (1964-23-12) (age 43)
Place of birth	Langenwang, Austria
Playing position	Defender (Retired)
Youth clubs
	FC Langenwang
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1987–1990 1990–1994 1994–1998	FC Wiener FC Swarovski Tirol LASK Linz Total	082 (12) 072 0(1) 092 0(5) 246 (18)
National team
1988–1991	Austria	028 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Kurt Russ (born 23 November 1964 in Langenwang) is a retired Austrian footballer and nephew of the Austrian footballer Heinz Russ. He began his playing career with his home town club of FC Langenwang. During his club career he played for FC Wiener and FC Swarovski Tirol.

His international debut came in the 1 - 0 victory over Denmark on April 27, 1988. Under Josef Hickersberger's management of the Austrian national side, Russ was an almost permanent fixture appearing in the starting line ups of 27, out of a possible 31, internationals. The culmination of which was the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Hickersberger's departure issued in the era of Alfred Riedl as national coach, which saw a decline in Russ's use.

More recently he has been the trainer with SC Schwanenstadt and from the summer of 2007 until March 2008 he was head coach of SK Forward Steyr.

v • d • e Austria squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Lindenberger • 2 Aigner • 3 Pecl • 4 Pfeffer • 5 Schöttel • 6 Zsak • 7 Russ • 8 Artner • 9 Polster • 10 Linzmaier • 11 Hörtnagl • 12 Baur • 13 Ogris • 14 Rodax • 15 Keglevits • 16 Reisinger • 17 Pfeifenberger • 18 Streiter • 19 Glatzmeyer • 20 Herzog • 21 Konsel • 22 Konrad • Coach: Hickersberger

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