Richard Kitzbichler

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Personal information
Richard Kitzbichler
Full name	Richard Kitzbichler
Date of birth	January 12, 1974 (1974-01-12) (age 34)
Place of birth	Wörgl, Austria
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Red Bull Salzburg
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-1993 1993-1997 1994-1995 1997-2002 2002-2003 2003-2005 2005-2006 2006-	Wacker Innsbruck Tirol Innsbruck → Kundl (loan) Austria Salzburg Hamburg Austria Wien Melbourne Victory Red Bull Salzburg
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 October 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 18 July 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Richard Kitzbichler (born January 12, 1974 in Wörgl, Tyrol) is an Austrian football (soccer) player for Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga.

After a highly-successful 2005 with foundation Australian A-League club Melbourne Victory, the popular Kitzbichler agreed to return to the club he left in 2002 to take up a playing and coaching role at Salzburg.

[edit] Career

Richard Kitzbichler started his career 1992 with FC Wacker Innsbruck in the Austrian Bundesliga. In 1996 he made his debut in the Austrian national team. In 1997 Kitzbichler 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 club Melbourne Victory. 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 is currently playing for Red Bull Salzburg's sister side, Red Bull Salzburg II, and helping them achieve promotion from the Austrian Regionalliga West to the 2nd Division of the Bundesliga.