Richard Kitzbichler

Richard Kitzbichler (born 12 January 1974) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]

Richard Kitzbichler
Kitzbichler in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-01-12) 12 January 1974
Place of birth Wörgl, Austria
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 unemployed
Youth career
SV Niederndorf
BNZ Tirol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 Wacker Innsbruck 1 (0)
1993–1997 Tirol Innsbruck 71 (14)
1994–1995 → SC Holz Pfeifer Kundl (loan) 32 (15)
1997–2002 Austria Salzburg 162 (27)
2002–2003 Hamburger SV 7 (0)
2003–2005 Austria Wien 45 (3)
2005–2006 Melbourne Victory 18 (5)
2006–2009 Red Bull Salzburg II 59 (15)
Total 398 (79)
International career
1996–2002 Austria 17 (0)
Managerial career
2009–2015 Red Bull Salzburg (video analyst)
2015–2017 Red Bull Salzburg (assistant)
2017–2019 Beijing Sinobo Guoan (assistant)
2019–2022 Southampton (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Kitzbichler was born in Wörgl, Tyrol. He started his career in 1992 with FC Wacker Innsbruck in the Austrian Bundesliga. In 1997, he 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 A-League club Melbourne Victory. After a highly successful 2005, the popular Kitzbichler agreed to return to the club he left in 2002 to take up a playing and coaching role. 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 helped Red Bull Salzburg's amateur side, Red Bull Salzburg II, achieve promotion from the Austrian Regionalliga West to the Second Division of the Bundesliga. He retired from active football in May 2009.

International career

Kitzbichler made his debut for Austria in April 1996 against Hungary but was ignored for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He earned 17 caps, no goals scored. His last international was a May 2002 friendly match against Germany.

Coaching career

Kitzbichler was member of the coaching staff of FC Red Bull Salzburg where he worked as video analyst, and for a couple of month as assistant coach.[2]

In 2017 Roger Schmidt brought Kitzbichler to Beijing.

In August 2019, he was announced as first team assistant coach of Premier League club Southampton, working alongside Ralph Hasenhüttl.

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Austria 199610
199700
199800
199910
200030
200180
200240
Total170

Honours

Austria Wien

Austria Salzburg

References
  1. "Richard Kitzbichler". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  2. "RBSB Team". Red Bull Salzburg. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
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