Dietmar Kühbauer

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Dietmar Kühbauer

Dietmar Kühbauer (2010)
Personal information
Full nameDietmar Kühbauer
Date of birth (1971-04-04) 4 April 1971
Place of birthHeiligenkreuz, Austria
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
SV Mattersburg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1992Admira Wacker121(7)
1992–1997Rapid Wien148(33)
1997–2000Real Sociedad47(2)
2000–2002VfL Wolfsburg49(8)
2002–2008SV Mattersburg181(24)
Total546(74)
National team
1992–2005Austria55(5)
Teams managed
2008–2010Trenkwalder Admira II
2010–2013FC Admira Mödling
2013–Wolfsberger AC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Dietmar ("Didi") Kühbauer (born 4 April 1971 in Heiligenkreuz, Niederösterreich) is a former Austrian football midfielder and current coach.

Club career

A central midfielder with incredible passing, Kühbauer started his professional career at Admira Wacker, making his Austrian Football Bundesliga debut in 1987, at 16 years of age. After five years he moved to city rivals Rapid Wien with whom he won a league and domestic cup title. He also played in the 1996 UEFA Cup Winners Cup Final against Paris St Germain in Brussels, which Rapid lost. "Don Didi" is still considered a star among the Rapid fans. In 1999 he was chosen in Rapid's Team of the Century.

In 1997, he moved abroad to join La Liga side Real Sociedad and in 2000 he signed for German Bundesliga outfit VfL Wolfsburg. Two years later, he returned to Austria to play for his childhood team SV Mattersburg where he finished his playing career after the 2007–08 season.[1]

International career

He made his debut for Austria in a May 1992 friendly match against Poland and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[2] He earned 55 caps, scoring five goals.[3] On 4 September 2005, he announced his retirement from international matches. His final international was a September 2005 World Cup qualification match against Poland.

Personal tragedy

On 16 February 1997, Kühbauer's three months-pregnant wife Michaela drove to Schwechat to pick him up after Rapid had enjoyed a winter break in Dubai. Tragedy happened when her car slewed off the road near Eisenstadt and she was rushed to hospital, with three ribs having punctured her lung. She fell into a coma and died a half year later. A disillusioned Kühbauer then left Austria to start a new career abroad.

Coaching career

On 18 November 2008, he signed a contract by Trenkwalder Admira II as head coach. In 2010, he became coach of the first squad and led the team to the promotion to the Austrian Football Bundesliga.[4] Since September 2013 he is the trainer of Wolfsberger AC.

Honours

Player

SK Rapid Wien

Coach

FC Admira Mödling

References

  1. "Mattersburg: Jahr eins nach Kühbauer" (in German). vienna.at. 6 July 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2012. 
  2. Dietmar KühbauerFIFA competition record
  3. Öhlinger, Gerhard; Passo, Fernando; Stokkermans, Karel (29 February 2012). "Appearances for Austrian National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 March 2012. 
  4. "Kühbauer: Erster Trainerjob" (in German). transfermarkt.de. 18 November 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2012. 

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