Klaus Lindenberger

Klaus Lindenberger ( born May 28, 1957 in Linz) is an Austrian football player and former team goalie. He participated with the Austrian national team at the 1990 World Cup and could be as a professional two times Austrian champion with FC Swarovski Tirol.

Career

Klaus Lindenberger began his professional career in 1976 at the Linzer ASK, for which he was active as a regular goalkeeper in the highest Austrian league for almost ten years long. Already on 28 April 1982 he made ​​his debut at Austria's 2-1 victory over Czechoslovakia in the national team, but was only in the late 80s under coach Josef Hickersberger as successor Friedl Koncilias main goalkeeper of the team. At this time he also changed in 1988 to FC Swarovski Tirol, with which he was able to get his first two league titles en suite, in the first year and additionally the ÖFB Cup victory.

In the national squad, it was at this time very successfully for Klaus Lindenberger: You qualified for the World Cup in Italy in 1990, where she only just failed in the group stage, the top Austrian was in all three group games in use. For Klaus Lindenberger it was, strictly speaking, already the second World Cup appearance, in 1982 he was to Spain as the third goalie mitgereist. At FC Tirol however, he was made ​​responsible by the high European Cup defeat by 1:9 against Real Madrid by then coach Ernst Happel for the debacle and henceforth no longer installed. So Klaus Lindenberger lost shortly after the World Cup, his place at Swarovski Tirol and was ousted in the national team of Michael Konsel.

The soccer goalie went back to Upper Austria, this time to FC Stahl Linz in the Middle Playoffs, where he contributed significantly to the rise of Linz. He played two more seasons in the Bundesliga, before joining Eintracht catfish in the national league. In the Upper Austrians, he worked as a coach. In 2002 he founded also the Ladies Soccer Club Linz ( Linz LSC ), which went up in the women's football section of LASK Linz LASK Ladies 2004. Lindenberger played up to his 52 years of football and ended his career in 2009 at the Upper Austrian Reischen SV Hellmonsödt (1st class East ) after a total of 37 league operations in more than three years.

Then Klaus Lindenberger was team manager of LASK Linz. From 27 October 2008, he was also coach of the Linzer Athletiker. For this activity, he had completed all other previous tasks, both the job as goalkeeper coach of the national team, as well as its position as a goalie at SV Hellmonsödt. He also resigned as vice president and president at LASK LASK Ladies. Lindenberger, who could not convince as LASK coach, has been released in the spring of 2009. Hans Krankl took over Linde Bergers kicking 21 March 2009 as coach. Furthermore disappointed Lindenberger refused any further service for the LASK of management and followed his former coach colleagues Hickersberger to Abu Dhabi, where he was 2009 goalie coach of the resident al - Wahda since July. The end of 2012 he returned to Austria and was goalie coach at unterklassigen club SV Urfahr 1912., Where he is also still registered as an active player and is occasionally as a substitute goalkeeper available.

Private Lindenberger is the father of a daughter ( Kim), professionally it still includes the real estate company Lindenberger and fast & clean ( cleaning of buildings).

Achievements

  • 2x Austrian Champion: 1989, 1990
  • 1x Austrian Cup winner: 1989
  • Participation World Cup 1990: Group Stage (Best 24)
  • 41 (44 ) Games for the Austrian national team from 1982 to 1990
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