Robert Ibertsberger

Robert " Ibi " Ibertsberger (born 20 January 1977 in Neumarkt am Wallersee ) is a retired Austrian football player and national team.

Career

Rise

Robert Ibertsberger began his career as well as his brothers Matthias and Andreas as a youth player at SV Hall, 1945. Via the Federal youth development center Salzburg 1994 he moved to the second-division club FC Puch ASVÖ. Under then coach Heribert Weber of 1.79 m wide midfielder immediately showed his skills and recommended for higher tasks. In 1996 Ibertsberger to Austria Salzburg. There he celebrated on 17 August 1996 as a substitute his debut in the Austrian Football Bundesliga and came in the 1996/97 season on 19 missions and three championship Torerfolge. Within a short time he became a regular player and audience favorite of Salzburg and was due to his technique and his meteoric rise as soon as the best hope of Austrian football. " Ibi " was on the watch list of foreign managers as well as the then national coach Herbert Prohaska and many football experts said ahead of him a great future. The Italian La Gazzetta dello Sport called the young Austrian even the greatest talent after Ronaldo. However, with one blow of his career was stopped abruptly.

Injury and comeback

On 31 May 1997, a deep incision was made in the lives of the young midfielder. In the match against Austria Wien Ibertsberger was heavily fouled by his counterpart Rene Glatzer after two minutes and his right knee practically destroyed. Ibertsberger suffered a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament and the outer side of the belt, a partial tear of the posterior cruciate ligament, a Lädierung the outer muscle and to a capsule and muscle tear. He was operated on by violinist Herbert Resch, the Salzburg club doctor Peter Lech Auer and Helmut guitarist for three hours. At this time due to the severity of the injury everything pointed on one end of the career.

Instead of the master celebrations with his club and a possible transfer to Italy followed for Robert Ibertsberger six weeks plaster cast and then daily physical therapy in physical medicine in the State Hospital Salzburg. Accompanied by first painful attempts to deflect the knee degree by degree and walk normally again proceeded to learn the healing process without complications. Only in mid- November 1997 followed by the first running tests and subsequently the slow reconstruction of the muscles by weight training and simple exercises on the ball A valuable aid was Ibertsberger after his convalescence training together in ULSZ Rif with his teammate Gerhard Struber who had also suffered a cruciate ligament injury. Although it - at full flexion - pain had remained in the knee, Ibertsberger was in the fall of 1998, one and a half years after the serious foul, his comeback in the team of SV Austria Salzburg.

About his former opponent Rene Glatzer said Ibertsberger that he had no feelings of hatred know, despite the nasty fouls and the injury, also because even Glatzer after a heavy challenge suffered the same fate a little later.

Ibis second career

All the negative predictions despite himself Ibertsberger fought back, played in the regular team of his club and completed eight caps for the Austrian national team. In January 2000, went for him with the move to AC Venezia a long-cherished dream come true. In Venice, however, he could not prevail, and was first subsequently awarded by the Italians at Sturm Graz and FC Tirol Innsbruck. With the citizens of Graz played under coach Ivica Osim Ibi in the game year 2000/2001 only in the championship, as he was not eligible to play for the Champions League; at the Tyrolese he came under coach Kurt Jara in autumn 2001 to 14 inserts and celebrated winning the Austrian Championship title.

Took place in January 2002 with the diagnosis of severe cartilage damage in the knee, the second blow for Ibertsberger. With a transplant was trying to save his career, but it was followed again 15 months rest and convalescence. Ibertsberger also managed this time to fight back, but he never regained the power he had before his second violation; at Venezia he came barely used. In the summer of 2003 Robert Ibertsberger moved back to Austria in the First League for SC Untersiebenbrunn. Under coach Heri Weber, Robert since his time in the common ASVÖ FC Puch referred to as "big brother", it wanted to create again, to recommend themselves for a big club " Ibi ".

End of career

In the summer of 2004 Robert Ibertsberger finally ended his career as a football player. The decisive factor was primarily that of cartilage damage in the knee the 27 -year-olds still caused problems. After he already had two complicated operations behind him, Ibertsberger saw the time had come to retire from active competition and to begin a new life. Ibertsberger said: "I was already aware that I certainly can not play until 34 or 35. Now the end is just a bit earlier, but that I have to simply live. " When training with the SC Untersiebenbrunn came end of the season after he had been hit by a sharp ball a serious eye contusion and a bruise behind the eyeball it.

Coaching career

First, Robert Ibertsberger coached the U15 team of FC Red Bull Salzburg. In summer 2010 he became Under-18 coach and head of the base area in the football academy of SV Ried. In the winter of 2012, he was additionally included in the coaching staff around Michael Angerschmid and has held the post of a trainer there.

Private

The qualified installer and farmer graduated after completing his footballer career training as a physiotherapist. With his wife and two children, he lives in a house in Neumarkt.

Stations

• SV Hall 1945
• BNZ Salzburg
• ASVÖ FC Puch (1994-1996)
• SV Austria Salzburg Amateurs (1996 )
• SV Austria Salzburg (1996/ 97; comeback in 1998/99 )
• AC Venezia (1999 and thereafter awarded to Graz and Tyrol )
• SK Sturm Graz (fall 2000 to spring 2001 )
• FC Tirol Innsbruck (Fall 2001)
• AC Venezia (2002 infringed; comeback 2003)
• SC Untersiebenbrunn (2003/ 04)

Achievements

• 2 x Austrian Champion: 1997 ( SV Austria Salzburg ), 2002 ( FC Tirol Innsbruck)
• 8 caps for the Austrian national team

• National football team ( Austria )
• Austrian
• Austrian Champion ( football)
• Athletes (Salzburg )
• Person ( Neumarkt am Wallersee )
• Born in 1977
• Man