Bernd Hirschbichler (* 5 May 1984 in Zell am See) is an Austrian soccer referee and educator. He is a member of the Salzburg Football Association and belongs to the Pinzgau Referee College, where he is also deputy group spokesman and webmaster of the homepage.[1]
Career as a soccer player
Bernd Hirschbichler's childhood was already marked by soccer. The son of Erich Hirschbichler spent a lot of time on the sports field in his hometown of Leogang. Even then, he was more interested in refereeing than in a coach's tactical instructions, but played junior soccer as a goalkeeper for SC Leogang until the age of 13. After a serious back injury, Hirschbichler had to end his active career as a soccer player and attended a beginner's course for referees at the Salzburg Soccer Association on August 8, 1997. On September 1, 1997, Hirschbichler successfully passed the exam to become a soccer referee.