Alfred Riedl

Alfred Riedl

Alfred Riedl
Personal information
Full name	Alfred Riedl
Date of birth	(1949-11-02)2 November 1949
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Date of death	8 September 2020(2020-09-08) (aged 70)
Place of death	Vienna, Austria
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1961-1967	ATSV Teesdorf
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967-1972	Austria Wien	98	(58)
1972-1974	Sint-Truiden	56	(33)
1974-1976	FC Antwerp	54	(34)
1976-1980	Standard Liège	106	(53)
1980	FC Metz	19	(6)
1981-1982	Grazer AK	42	(11)
1982-1984	Wiener Sportclub	52	(15)
1984-1985	VfB Mödling
Total		427	(210)
National team‡
1975-1978	Austria	4	(0)
Teams managed
1990-1991	Austria
1993-1994	Olympique Khouribga
1994-1995	Al-Zamalek
1997-1998	Liechtenstein
1998-2001	Vietnam
2001-2003	Al Salmiya
2003-2004	Vietnam
2004-2005	Palestine
2005-2007	Vietnam
2008-2009	Xi Măng Hải Phòng FC
2009-2010	Laos
2010–2011	Indonesia
2011–	Laos (Technical Director)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 August 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 August 2008

Alfred Riedl (2 November 1949 – 8 September 2020) was an Austrian football player. He played as striker in Austria and Belgium. He was also a football coach.

Career

as player

He played for FK Austria Wien until his 22nd year. Then he went to Belgium and played there 8 seasons for Sint-Truiden, Royal Antwerp and Standard Liège. After he came back to Austria he played for KK Austria, Grazer AK, Wiener Sportclub and VfB Admira Wacker Mödling. He was two times top scorer in the Belgian league.

From 1974-1978 he played four matches for the Austrian national football team.

as coach

As a manager, Riedl has coached Olympique Khouribga (Morocco, 1993–94), Al-Zamalek (Egypt, 1994–95), Al Salmiya (Kuwait, 2001–03), and many national teams, including Austria (1990–92), Liechtenstein (1997–98), Palestine (2004–05), Vietnam (1998–2001, 2003–04, 2005–2007), and Laos.

Death

Riedl died on 8 September 2020 of cancer in Vienna at the age of 70.

Honours (as a player)

Club honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (2):
  • 1969, 1970
• Austrian Cup (2):
  • 1971, 1981

Honours (as a manager)

Indonesia

• ASEAN Football Championship
  • Runners-up (1): 2010

Individual honours

• Austrian Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (1):
  • 1972
• Belgian First Division top scorer (2):
  • 1973, 1975

Other websites

• Official page
• Profile Archived 2011-05-31 at the Wayback Machine - Austria Archive
• Career stats - National Football Teams