Hans Leitert (born 15 January 1973) is an Austrian former

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and current consultant within the football industry. As of June 2024 he is the FSG

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Global Head of Goalkeeping.

Career as coach

He has coached at

VfB Mödling Admira Wacker is an Austrian professional football club based in Maria Enzersdorf, a town in the Mödling District of Lower Austria. The team competes in the 2. Liga, the second tier of the Austrian football league system. The club was forme ...

, SK Rapid Vienna,

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, before coaching the goalkeepers of the Austria national under-21 team, followed by coaching the first team keepers at international clubs

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club based in the City of Athens. Panathinaikos is one of the mos ...

, Real Club

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and

Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Tottenham (, , , ) or Spurs, is a professional Association football, football club based in Tottenham, North London, England. The club itself has stated that it should always ...

. After having coached the Austrian Under 21 national team for 6 years, Hans went to

as goalkeeping coach where he worked alongside Italian

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, then Swedish Head Coach

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and afterwards Spaniard

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. In 2007 he left Athens and in 2008 helped Spanish side Real Club

to stay in the Primera Division. He joined

in May 2008 with

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as manager. He left Spurs in the same year after the sacking of Ramos. From July 2010 until December 2015 Hans Leitert was Head of Goalkeeping at

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's football project where he was responsible for all goalkeeping related topics for all Red Bull's football clubs

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and

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(until 2013 also Red Bull Ghana). In February 2018 Leitert was appointed as a goalkeeping consultant for

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team

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. In June 2024 he took on the role as FSG

Global Head of Goalkeeping.

Additional

Leitert was born in

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

. He was formerly a goalkeeper for the Austrian under-21 and under-18 teams, before having to retire early due to a broken

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(wrist). He holds a

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and previously spoke at goalkeeping lectures on behalf of

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as well as the Spanish Football Association. He is part of the

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Goalkeeper Advisory Group which runs the European Goalkeeper Coach Education Programme. In January 2016 he founded his own Sports Consulting limited, based in London, UK, where he works as a consultant within the football industry, linked and contracted to mainly high elite organisations such as top flight clubs or federations.

Publications

In 2008, he published his book "The Art Of Goalkeeping Or The Seven Principles Of The Masters" in English.

Personal life

Hans Leitert is married to Karin and has one daughter.

References

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/fsg-finalise-another-appointment-who-29272501

External links

*hansleitert.c

*linkedin profil

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leitert, Hans 1973 births Living people Austrian men's footballers Footballers from Vienna Men's association football goalkeepers SV Schwechat players Admira Wacker players Wiener Sport-Club players