Christoph Westerthaler
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.jpg) Westerthaler in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 January 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Silz, Austria | ||
| Date of death | 20 July 2018 (aged 53) | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1973–1983 | SPG Silz/Mötz | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1986 | FC Wacker Innsbruck | 30 | (7) |
| 1986–1988 | LASK Linz | 53 | (18) |
| 1988–1994 | FC Swarovski Tirol | 167 | (66) |
| 1994–1995 | SK Vorwärts Steyr | 49 | (14) |
| 1996–1997 | LASK Linz | 47 | (13) |
| 1997 | APOEL Nicosia | 0 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 47 | (8) |
| 2000 | FSV Frankfurt | 33 | (26) |
| 2001 | VfL Osnabrück | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 433 | (152) | |
| International career | |||
| 1989–1993 | Austria | 6 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2005 | FC Wacker Tirol (assistant) | ||
| 2005–2007 | Innsbrucker AC | ||
| 2008 | SV Völs | ||
| 2011–2014[1] | SV Horn (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2015[2] | SV Horn | ||
| 2015–2016[3] | SV Horn (assistant) | ||
| 2016[4] | SV Horn (interim) | ||
| 2016–2017[5] | SV Horn (assistant) | ||
| 2017[6] | SV Horn (interim) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Christoph Westerthaler (11 January 1965 – 20 July 2018[7]) was an Austrian football coach and player.
Club career
[edit]Nicknamed Gischi, Westerthaler was a small-built striker who started his professional career at FC Wacker Innsbruck and stayed with them for nine years, split by a two-season period at LASK Linz. With the Tyrolean side he won two league titles and two domestic cups. In 1994, he moved to SK Vorwärts Steyr only to rejoin LASK two years later. In 1997, he moved abroad and played in Germany for the two major Frankfurt teams and VfL Osnabrück.
In the summer of 2001 he finished his career as a player because of a knee cartilage damage.
International career
[edit]Westerthaler made his debut for Austria in an October 1989 friendly match against Malta but was not considered for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He earned 6 caps, no goals scored. His final international game was a November 1993 World Cup qualification match against Sweden.
Death
[edit]On 20 July 2018, Westerthaler died at the age of 53, due to a heart attack.[8]
Honours
[edit]- Austrian Bundesliga: 1989, 1990
- Austrian Cup: 1989, 1993
- Austrian Bundesliga top goalscorer: 1992 [9]
External links
[edit]- Christoph Westerthaler at National-Football-Teams.com
- German Bundesliga stats - Fussballportal
References
[edit]- ^ Westerthaler heuert beim SV Horn als Co-Trainer an[permanent dead link], relevant.at, 5 January 2011
- ^ Christoph Westerthaler Horn-Trainer‚ news.at, 29 September 2014
- ^ Japanischer Investor: Wacker rätselt über Horn-Projekt‚ tt.com, 10 June 2015
- ^ Johann Kleer und SV Horn gehen getrennte Wege‚ meinbezirk.at, 4 April 2016
- ^ Masanori Hamayoshi wird neuer Cheftrainer Archived 27 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine‚ svhorn.at, 11 April 2016
- ^ Carsten Jancker neuer Trainer bei Erste-Liga-Absteiger Horn Archived 13 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine‚ tt.com, 1 June 2017
- ^ Twitter page from Eintracht Frankfurt, www.twitter.com, 21 July 2018
- ^ "Eintracht trauert um Ex-Profi Westerthaler". kicker Online (in German). 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Österreichs Torschützenkönige". www.oberliga-a.at. Archived from the original on 15 September 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2008.