Gernot Plassnegger
Gernot Plassnegger (born 23 March 1978 in Leoben ) is a retired Austrian football player and since the 2013/14 season football coach at Graz AC.
Career
Plassnegger began his career at homeland club FC Trofaiach. About the FC Puch Junior international joined at the age of 19 years to Austria Salzburg. There he was in his second season under coach Heribert Weber, with whom he had already worked in Puch, winning the Austrian Championship. After the expiration of his contract Plassnegger moved 1998 Vienna Austria. For the capital club he ran at two and a half years before he signed during the winter break of the 2000/01 season at the 1 FC Saarbrücken.
Through a convincing second round German second division side to Plassnegger could recommend for a change to VfL Wolfsburg. In the VW city but he could not prevail, so that he was transferred on loan back to the 2nd Bundesliga for SV Waldhof Mannheim. Here the Styrian could convince especially on the striker position and scored ten goals in 26 league games. In 2003 he took at Hansa Rostock a new start in the 1st Bundesliga. Once, however, he could also fight on the Baltic Sea a regular place to Plassnegger moved to a total of three and a half years back in Germany in the Austrian origins.
He hired the reigning champion GAK, where he regularly came into use again in different positions. In spring 2006 Plassnegger GAK but left again due ausständiger salary payments and moved in June to the Austrian record champions SK Rapid Wien. For the capital city, he played eleven times in a row while on a full 90 minutes had, but then also vacate due to injuries his place in the team again, which led him to a new change for SK Austria Kärnten 2007. For the 2008/ 09 season Gernot Plassnegger signed for Greek first division club Ergotelis Lyttos for three years. After ninth place and 25 missions, he left Greece, however, after a season again and moved to FC Admira Wacker Mödling.
After 5 years at the Südstädtern in which Gernot Plassnegger in 139 games, among others, the promotion to the Bundesliga and qualify for the UEFA Europa League managed the contract by the Styrian 2013 was not extended. He ended his career and since the 2013/14 season AC coach in Graz, the successor organization of the Grazer AK.
Overall Plassnegger play 53 times for the junior teams of the OFB. On 6 October 2006, he was also 2-1 against Liechtenstein to his only use in the Austrian national team.