Manfred Linzmaier (born 27 August 1962 in Kufstein) is a retired

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. He is now a football manager.

Club career

Nicknamed ''Tyroler Keegan'', Linzmaier started his professional career at FC Wacker Innsbruck, later renamed FC Swarovski Tirol, and stayed for 12 years playing alongside German midfield maestro Hansi Müller. He moved to Second Division LASK Linz to clinch promotion to the

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. He then had a short spell at Vorwärts Steyr before winning the 2nd division title again with FC Linz. He finished his career at hometown club

FC Kufstein Fußballclub Kufstein is an association football club based in the town of Kufstein, Tyrol, Austria, that competes in Regionalliga Tirol, one of the third tiers of the Austrian football league system. Founded in 1987, it is affiliated to the ...

. After his playing career, he became assistant to head-coach Kurt Jara at FC Tirol,

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and

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International career

He made his debut for

in 1985 and was a participant at the

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.Record at FIFA Tournaments
- FIFA He earned 25 caps, scoring 2 goals. His last international was a May 1991 friendly match against

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first.''

Honours

(2): ** 1989, 1990 * Austrian Cup (2): ** 1989, 1993

External links

LASK stats
- LASK *

- Wacker Innsbruck

References

1962 births Living people Sportspeople from Kufstein Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers 1990 FIFA World Cup players FC Wacker Innsbruck players LASK players SK Vorwärts Steyr players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Austrian football managers FC Red Bull Salzburg managers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Tyrol (federal state) FC Swarovski Tirol players 20th-century Austrian sportsmen {{austria-footy-midfielder-stub