Christoph Westerthaler

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Christoph Westerthaler
Westerthaler in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-01-11)11 January 1965
Place of birth Silz, Austria
Date of death 20 July 2018(2018-07-20) (aged 53)
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, striker
Youth career
1973–1983 SPG Silz/Mötz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1986 FC Wacker Innsbruck 30 (7)
1986–1988 LASK Linz 53 (18)
1988–1994 FC Swarovski Tirol 167 (66)
1994–1995 SK Vorwärts Steyr 49 (14)
1996–1997 LASK Linz 47 (13)
1997 APOEL Nicosia 0 (0)
1998–1999 Eintracht Frankfurt 47 (8)
2000 FSV Frankfurt 33 (26)
2001 VfL Osnabrück 7 (0)
Total 433 (152)
National team
1989–1993 Austria 6 (0)
Teams managed
2002–2005 FC Wacker Tirol (assistant)
2005–2007 Innsbrucker AC
2008 SV Völs
2011–2014[1] SV Horn (assistant)
2014–2015[2] SV Horn
2015–2016[3] SV Horn (assistant)
2016[4] SV Horn (interim)
2016–2017[5] SV Horn (assistant)
2017[6] SV Horn (interim)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Christoph Westerthaler (11 January 1965 – 20 July 2018[7]) was an Austrian football coach and former football player. He was born in Silz, Austria. He made his debut for Austria in an October 1989 friendly match against Malta. He was a small-built striker who started his professional career at FC Wacker Innsbruck and stayed with them for 9 years.

Westerthaler died on 20 July 2018 from a heart attack, aged 53.[8]

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