Robert Ibertsberger

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Robert Ibertsberger
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-01-20) 20 January 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Neumarkt am Wallersee, Austria
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
FC Puch
BNZ Salzburg
SV Seekirchen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1999 Austria Salzburg 70 (4)
2000 Venezia 4 (0)
2000–2001 Sturm Graz 22 (0)
2001–2002 Tirol Innsbruck 14 (0)
2003–2004 SC Untersiebenbrunn
National team
1999–2001 Austria 8 (0)
Teams managed
2006–2008 Red Bull Salzburg (U15)
2008–2010 Red Bull Salzburg (U17)
2010–2011 SV Ried (U18)
2010–2017 SV Ried (staff)
2013 SV Ried (coach)
2017–2018 Wolfsberger AC (assistant)
2018 Wolfsberger AC (caretaker)
2018–2019 Austria Wien (assistant)
2019 Austria Wien (caretaker)
2020–2021 St. Pölten
2022 SV Ried
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Robert Ibertsberger (born 20 January 1977) is an Austrian football manager and a former player.[1] He is the brother of Andreas Ibertsberger. He had to retire in 2004 due to a serious knee injury.

As player he played for SV Austria Salzburg, A.C. Venezia, SK Sturm Graz, FC Tirol Innsbruck and SC Untersiebenbrunn. He also played eight matches for the Austrian national football team.

Coaching career[change | change source]

From 2006 till 2010 Ibertsberger coached the U15 and U16 team at the Red Bull Salzburg Academy. Then he worked till 2017 in the youth department of SV Ried. Robert Ibertsberger became assistant manager of Wolfsberger AC in 2017. 2018 he became manager of Wolfsberg and was manager until the end of the 2017–18 season. Then he left Wolfsberg and became assistant manager of FK Austria Wien. On 11 March 2019 Ibertsberger replaced Thomas Letsch. 2020 he became manager of SKN St. Pölten. After 13 months he was fired.[2] In December 2021 he was named as new coach of SV Ried. [3] After only eleven matches he was dismissed and replaced by Christian Heinle.[4]

Honours[change | change source]

  • Austrian Champion: 1997 (SV Austria Salzburg), 2002 (FC Tirol Innsbruck)

Personal life[change | change source]

He is a trained plumber. After the end of his football career he became physiotherapist. He is married and father of two sons. His son Lukas is playing for FC Liefering in the Austrian Second League.

References[change | change source]

  1. Kommt ein Altmeister oder eine neue, mutige Lösung?‚ kleinezeitung.at, 19 March 2018
  2. SKY Sport Austria (German)
  3. 90.min. at (German)
  4. "SV Ried Homepage (German)". Archived from the original on 2022-04-19. Retrieved 2022-05-13.