Alfred Riedl

Alfred Riedl
	Alfred Riedl
Personal information
Full name	Alfred Riedl
Date of birth	2 November 1949
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Date of death	8 September 2020 (aged 70)
Place of death	Vienna, Austria
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1961-1967	ATSV Teesdorf
Senior career*
Years	Team
1967-1972	Austria Wien
1972-1974	Sint-Truiden
1974-1976	FC Antwerp
1976-1980	Standard Liège
1980	FC Metz
1981-1982	Grazer AK
1982-1984	Wiener Sportclub
1984-1985	VfB Mödling
Total
National team‡
1975-1978	Austria
Teams managed
1990-1991	Austria
1993-1994	Olympique Khouribga
1994-1995	Al-Zamalek
1997-1998	Liechtenstein
1998-2001	Vietnam
2001-2003	Al Salmiya
2003-2004	Vietnam
2004-2005	Palestine
2005-2007	Vietnam
2008-2009	Xi Măng Hải Phòng FC
2009-2010	Laos
2010–2011	Indonesia
2011–	Laos (Technical Director)
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 August 2008; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 August 2008

Alfred Riedl (2 November 1949 – 8 September 2020) was an Austrian football player. He played as striker in Austria and Belgium. He was also a football coach.

Career[change | change source]

as player[change | change source]

He played for FK Austria Wien until his 22nd year. Then he went to Belgium and played there 8 seasons for Sint-Truiden, Royal Antwerp and Standard Liège. After he came back to Austria he played for KK Austria, Grazer AK, Wiener Sportclub and VfB Admira Wacker Mödling. He was two times top scorer in the Belgian league.

From 1974-1978 he played four matches for the Austrian national football team.

as coach[change | change source]

As a manager, Riedl has coached Olympique Khouribga (Morocco, 1993–94), Al-Zamalek (Egypt, 1994–95), Al Salmiya (Kuwait, 2001–03), and many national teams, including Austria (1990–92), Liechtenstein (1997–98), Palestine (2004–05), Vietnam (1998–2001, 2003–04, 2005–2007), and Laos.