Manfred Schmid
Manfred Schmid in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-02-20) 20 February 1971
Place of birth Wien, Austria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Wolfsberger AC (head coach)
Youth career
1. Simmeringer SC
0000–1988 Austria Wien
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–2002 Austria Wien 224 (7)
2002–2003 LASK Linz 17 (0)
2003 Austria Wien II 11 (0)
2003–2004 FC Mönchhof
2004–2006 SV Großweikersdorf
2006–2008 FK Blau-Weiß Hollabrunn
Managerial career
2002–2007 Austria Wien (youth)
2007–2008 Austria Wien II (assistant)
2008 Schwanenstadt
2008–2012 Wiener Neustadt (assistant)
2012–2013 Austria Wien (assistant)
2013–2017 Köln (assistant)
2017–2018 Borussia Dortmund (assistant)
2019 Köln (scout)
2019 Köln (assistant)
2019 Köln (caretaker)
2021–2022 Austria Wien
2023– Wolfsberger AC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manfred Schmid (born 20 February 1971) is an Austrian football coach and a former player who is he manager of Austrian Football Bundesliga club Wolfsberger AC.[1]

Playing career

Schmid played for Austria Wien from 1989 to 2002 and LASK Linz from 2002 to 2003.[2]

Coaching career

Schmid was the assistant coach for the reserve team of Austria Wien in the 2007–08 season.[2] However, during the winter break, he took over as head coach of Schwanenstadt 08 and was there until the end of the season.[3] After his coaching stint at Schwanenstadt 08, he became assistant coach at Wiener Neustadt.[2] He left Wiener Neustadt to return to Austria Wien where he became assistant coach to the first team.[2] He became assistant coach of 1. FC Köln after the 2012–13 season.[4] He has had talks with Austria Wien about the vacant head coach's job.[4] However, Köln refused to release him.[5]

He was named the head coach of Köln on 9 November 2019 but never managed a game and Markus Gisdol took over nine days later.[6][7]

On March 6th, 2023, Austrian club Wolfsberger AC appointed Schmid as their head coach following his spell at Austria Wien.[8]

During his current spell at Wolfsberger AC Schmid has utilised both a 3-4-1-2 and a 4-3-3 formation,[9] the club performed well in Schmid's opening set of fixtures, however, as of December 2023 the club is on a run of just three wins in their last nine games.[10]

Coaching record

As of 15 May 2014
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Ref.
Schwanenstadt 08 22 January 2008[3] 30 June 2008[3] 12 4 2 6 14 17 −3 033.33
Total 12 4 2 6 14 17 −3 033.33 —

References

  1. ↑ Soccer-Borussia Dortmund sack Bosz, name Stoeger as replacement‚ reuters.com, 10 December 2017
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Manfred Schmid" (in German). World Football. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "SC Schwanenstadt 08 " Manager history". World Football. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Manfred Schmid vor Rückkehr zur Austria?". Österreich (in German). 15 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Köln lässt Schmid nicht zur Austria". Österreich (in German). 20 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "FC stellt Achim Beierlorzer frei". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "Fliegender Wechsel: Beierlorzer neuer Trainer in Mainz". kicker.de. kicker. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  8. ↑ Vychytil, Tobias (6 March 2023). "Sky Info: Manfred Schmid wird Trainer des Wolfsberger AC". Sky Sport Austria (in German). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Mohamed Bamba: The Ivorian Phenom Shining in Austria". Breaking The Lines. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Wolfsberger AC News". Sky Sport Austria (in German). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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