Anton Pichler (footballer)

Andy Pichler ( born October 4, 1955 in Weiz, actually Anton Pichler ) is a retired Austrian football player and current coach. He almost spent his entire playing career at SK Sturm Graz and stands there in third place ( behind Mario Haas and Günther Neukirchner ) the record player list.

  • 2.1 SK Sturm Graz
  • 2.2 VSE St. Pölten

Career

Playing career

Pichler began his career as a football player at SC Weiz, in which he played from 1964 to 1974, before the Austrian Bundesliga SK Sturm Graz received an offer, which he accepted also. In his years in a storm, which lasted from 1974 to 1986, he ran on in 410 league games, scoring 25 goals. In the 1980/81 season he was runner-up with Blackie after the last league match of the season the SK Rapid Wien defeated with 1:4 and so at the end binned only one point behind the FK Austria Wien in the table. In addition, Andy Pichler made ​​it into the 1983/84 season with the citizens of Graz the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, in which the Styrian history, the club narrowly missing out on promotion to the semifinals after a scandalous game. In spring 1987, Pichler joined the Donawitzer SV Alpine, where he came to 14 matches before he transferred in the summer of 1987 in the Lower Austrian capital St. Pölten VSE St. Pölten. He was until 1988 in 26 championship games in use. For a further 22 appearances for the team he came in the years 1993 to 1994.

Internationally

In the Austrian national Pichler was convened 41 times, but only got to 11 inserts. His debut celebrated on December 15, 1976 in an away match against Israel in Tel Aviv that the red-white- red elf 3-1 could decide for themselves. He played the full 90 minutes of playing time. Furthermore Pichler took part in the 1982 World Cup in Spain.

Coaching career

After the end of his career as an active football player he began while he was still playing at the VSE St. Pölten, with his coaching career. From 1988 to 1990 Pichler was a coach at the St. Pöltnern before he came to Fürstenfeld in 1990 to the local SC Fürstenfeld. Until 1992, he coached the sport club in Southeastern Styria, as it drove him into the Southern Burgenland Güssing resident sports club, which he also coached two years. In 1994, Andy Pichler came again for coaching job of the VSE St. Pölten, he already gave up a year later to go again to the SC Fürstenfeld. From 1995 to 1997 he was coach of the Fürstenfelder before there is only one district continues to Feldbach drove him to the SV field stream. After three years in field creek he came again in 2000 to the Burgenland and was coach of SV Eltendorf. In the villages of Elten he spent his longest time as a coach, which lasted from 2000 to 2004. In 2004, Pichler signed a contract with UPS coach Gnas. Only two years later he left the football club from Gnas again to take over the vacant coaching job at UPS fünftklassigen Under lamb. After six losses in a row Pichler was released in the autumn season 2008/ 09 by the association of lower lamb. Since 2009 Andy Pichler is coach of the UPS Sochau in the southeastern Styria.

Achievements

SK Sturm Graz

  • Runner-up with the SK Sturm Graz: 1980/81
  • UEFA Cup quarter-finalists: 1983/84
  • Third most inserts for SK Sturm with 410 inserts

VSE St. Pölten

  • Promotion to the Bundesliga: 1987/88

Private

Professionally, Andy Pichler Disability Officer in the Department of Social Affairs of the State of Styria. He lives with his wife in Übersbach at Fürstenfeld. His son Armin was a player in the Styrian league.

Others

Pichler was a candidate for the Bundesliga ( Austria ) to ORF - public council elections of 2001 in sports. At the end of the elections, he came up with 111 votes. The elections in the sports field was won by Stephanie Graf with 24 032 votes.

1983–84 UEFA Cup Feldbach, Styria
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