Herbert Gager
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 September 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Vienna, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1988–1989 | Rapid Wien | 14 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | Wiener SC | 21 | (2) |
| 1991–1992 | Rapid Wien | 35 | (4) |
| 1992–1993 | Stahl Linz | 23 | (3) |
| 1993–1994 | Vfb Mödling | 20 | (3) |
| 1994–1996 | Admira/Wacker Wien | 81 | (12) |
| 1996–1998 | Austria Wien | 68 | (14) |
| 1998–1999 | Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz | 45 | (11) |
| 2000 | Untersiebenbrunn | ||
| 2000–2002 | Skoda Xanthi | 41 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 1991–1992 | Austria | 4 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011–2014 | Austria Wien II | ||
| 2014 | Austria Wien | ||
| 2014 | St. Pölten | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Herbert Gager (born 18 September 1969) is a retired Austrian international footballer who played as a defender for clubs in Austria and Greece and most recently the head coach of St. Pölten.
Club career
Born in Vienna, Gager began playing professional football for SK Rapid Wien in the Austrian Football Bundesliga.
In July 2000, Gager moved to Greece where he would spend two seasons with Skoda Xanthi F.C. playing the Greek Superleague and UEFA Cup.[1] At age 32, he left Xanthi and returned to Austria to play for amateur side Hollabrunn.[2]
International career
Gager made four appearances for the Austria national football team from 1991 to 1992.
Coaching career
Gager became head coach of Austria Wien for the remainder of the 2013–14 season after Nenad Bjelica was sacked on 16 February 2014.[3] He had been head coach of the reserve team since 22 December 2011.[4] Gager was sacked on 12 May 2014.[5] He had lost to Sturm Graz 2–1 the day before and was subsequently knocked–out of third–place which would have given them a 2014–15 UEFA Europa League spot.[6] He then became head coach of St. Pölten from 4 June 2014[7] until he was sacked on 7 October 2014.[8] He had lost 10 of his 19 competitive matches.[9]
Coaching record
- As of 14 October 2014
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Ref. | |||
| Austria Wien II | 22 December 2011[4] | 16 February 2014[3] | 60 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 118 | 71 | +47 | 58.33 | |
| Austria Wien | 16 February 2014[3] | 17 May 2014[5] | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 46.15 | |
| St. Pölten | 4 June 2014[7] | 7 October 2014[8] | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 31.58 | [9] |
| Total | 92 | 47 | 22 | 23 | 163 | 106 | +57 | 51.09 | — | ||
References
- ↑ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (11 May 2005). "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF.
- ↑ "Österreicher-Klub Xanthi erstmals im UEFA-Cup" (in German). news.at. 16 April 2002.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Austria trennt sich von Bjelica". kicker (in German). 16 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Vastic: "Ich bin bereit"". news.at (in German). 22 December 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Austria feuert Trainer Gager". Österreich (in German). 12 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- ↑ "Aufsteiger Grödig im Europacup - Austria out". Österreich (in German). 11 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Huber, Alexander (4 June 2014). "Rapid holt Schwab, Kuen und einen Chefscout" (in German). Kurier. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Herbert Gager bei St. Pölten entlassen" (in German). Kurier. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "SKN St. Pölten » Fixtures & Results 2014/2015". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
External links
- Herbert Gager at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile at Rapidarchiv
- Profile at Austria Wien Archiv