Willibald Ruttensteiner

Willibald "Willi" Ruttensteiner (born 12 November 1962 in Steyr, Upper Austria) is Sports Director of the Austrian Football Association (German: Österreichischer Fußball-Bund, ÖFB) and head of the youth development program "Project12". Following the resignation of Dietmar Constantini in September 2011, Ruttensteiner was acting trainer of the Austria national football team^[1] for two games. In the two games he managed a win and a tie. He was also responsible for the signing of national coach Marcel Koller, who was controversial in the beginning and later very successful.^[2]

Career as manager

• 1993 – 1995: ATSV Sattledt (Champion 1993/1994)
• 1995 – 1996: U18-Trainer FC Linz (Austrian Champion)
• 1996 – 1997: Co-Trainer FC Linz (Champion under Heinz Hochhauser)
• 1997 – 1998: Head Coach FC Linz^[3]
• 1998 – 1999: Sports Director LASK Linz and Youth Manager of the Upper Austrian Football Association
• 1999 – 2001: ÖFB Sports Coordinator and U21-Trainer
• 2001 – 2006: ÖFB Sports Director and U21-Trainer
• since 2006: ÖFB Sports Director
• October 2005: Responsible for training the Austria national football team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification games against England and Northern Ireland^[4]
• September – November 2011: Responsible for training the Austria national football team in the European Championship qualification games against Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.

Career as a player

• Union Wolfern
• SK Amateure Steyr
• Union Vöcklamarkt
• FC Union Wels

References

1. "Constantini gibt auf und taucht unter" (in German). Der Standard. 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
2. Hackl, Christian (2015-09-11). "Ruttensteiner: "Ich war in Trance und packte es kaum"" (in German). Der Standard. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
3. Gossmann, Gerald (2015-10-12). "Der PowerPoint-Willi" (in German). Zeit. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
4. "Bilanz des Interimchefs" (in German). Wiener Zeitung. 2005-10-13. Retrieved 2016-03-11.

External links

• Sportdirektor des ÖFB (German)
• Talentförderung Projekt 12 (German)