Alfred Riedl (2 November 1949 – 8 September 2020[2][3]) was an Austrian football player and manager. As a player he was a striker.

Alfred Riedl
Riedl in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1949-11-02)2 November 1949
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Date of death 8 September 2020(2020-09-08) (aged 70)
Place of death Pottendorf (Niederösterreich), Austria
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1961–1967 ATSV Teesdorf
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1972 Austria Wien 98 (58)
1972–1974 Sint-Truiden 56 (33)
1974–1976 FC Antwerp 54 (34)
1976–1980 Standard Liège 106 (53)
1980 Metz 19 (6)
1981–1982 Grazer AK 42 (11)
1982–1984 Wiener Sport-Club 52 (15)
1984–1985 VfB Mödling 0 (0)
Total 427 (210)
International career
Austria U18 5 (0)
Austria U23 6 (0)
1975–1978 Austria 4 (0)
Managerial career
1989–1990 Wiener Sport-Club
1990–1991 Austria
1991–1993 Favoritner AC
1993–1994 Olympique Khouribga
1994–1995 El Zamalek
1997–1998 Liechtenstein
1998–2000 Vietnam
2001 Khatoco Khánh Hòa
2001–2003 Al Salmiya
2003–2004 Vietnam
2004–2005 Palestine
2005–2007 Vietnam
2008–2009 Hải Phòng
2009–2010 Laos
2010–2011 Indonesia
2010–2011 Indonesia U23
2011–2012 Laos (technical director)
2012–2013 Visé (head of youth development)
2013–2014 Indonesia
2015 PSM Makassar
2016 Indonesia
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Vietnam (as manager)
AFF Championship
Runner-up 1998
Representing  Indonesia (as manager)
Runner-up 2010
Runner-up 2016
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Club career

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Riedl first played for Austria Wien from 1967 to 1972, before leaving Austria to play for the Belgian club Sint-Truiden at the age of 22. After he played eight seasons in the Belgian First Division (two with Sint-Truiden, two with Royal Antwerp and four with Standard Liège), Riedl enjoyed a brief spell at FC Metz in France. He came back to Austria after a single season there, to play for Grazer AK, and then at Wiener Sportclub and VfB Admira Wacker Mödling.[citation needed]

International career

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Riedl was capped four times for the Austria national football team, making his debut in April 1975 against Hungary.[citation needed]

Coaching career

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As a manager, Riedl 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, 2005–07), and Laos (2009–10). In the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, he coached Vietnam to a 2–0 victory over UAE and help the team to get to the quarterfinal for the first time in history. Unfortunately, in late 2007, after the team's disappointing performance in the SEA Games 2007 competition, he was fired and replaced by the Portuguese coach Henrique Calisto. In October 2008, he returned to Vietnam to coach Hải Phòng. However, after only three matches with poor performance, he was dismissed.[4] On 9 July 2009, he signed a contract as head coach of Laos, the contract was for two years.[5]

Indonesia

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On 4 May 2010, Riedl was named the new coach of Indonesia's national and under-23 sides.[6][7] He led the Indonesian national team to the 2010 AFF Suzuki Final but lost to Malaysia on 4–2 aggregate score. Then suddenly, on 13 July 2011, he lost his job because of a "contract dispute",[8] after a highly publicized political power struggle within the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI), and was replaced by Wim Rijsbergen.[9][10]

After a return to Laos as technical director and Belgian club Visé as head of youth development, Riedl was reappointed as Indonesia national team head coach in December 2013, signing a three-year contract.[11][12][13][14] His contract was terminated by mutual consent at the end of 2014, after Indonesia failed to qualify for the knockout stages of the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup.[15] Riedl then accepted the head coach job of PSM Makassar in early 2015, but resigned in April the same year before the league even started.[16]

Rield returned as the head coach of Indonesia in 2016 on a one-year contract, and guided Indonesia to the finals of 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup. After Indonesia lost to Thailand 3–2 on aggregate in the finals, his contract was not renewed by PSSI.[17][18]

Death

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Riedl died on 8 September 2020 in Austria due to cancer.[19][20][21][22][23]

Honours

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Player

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Austria Wien

Grazer AK

  • Austrian Cup: 1980–81

Individual

Manager

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Olympique Club de Khouribga (Morocco)

Vietnam

Vietnam Olympic

  • Southeast Asian Games runner-up: 2003, 2005

Indonesia

References

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  1. ^ "Alfred Riedl". Austria Wien Archive. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Trauer um Ex-ÖFB-Teamchef Alfred Riedl" (in German). Kurier. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Alfred Riedl Meninggal Dunia" (in Indonesian). CNN Indonesia. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Hai Phong fires coach Riedl". VietNamNet Bridge. Archived from the original on 10 March 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
  5. ^ "Neuer Job für Alfred Riedl". Archived from the original on 15 July 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  6. ^ AFC website
  7. ^ "Austrian Riedl named new Indonesia coach". Reuters. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  8. ^ Foxnews.com
  9. ^ The Jakarta Post: PSSI Fires Riedl Appoints New Coach Archived 15 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Indonesia FA fire coach". Eurosport. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Coach Riedl's". Eurosport. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Alfred Riedl dapat kontrak bersyarat dari PSSI-BTN". 7 December 2013.
  13. ^ "Alfred Riedl wieder Teamchef". 8 December 2013.
  14. ^ "Indonesia reappoint Riedl with AFF Championship ultimatum | Goal.com".
  15. ^ "AFF SUZUKI CUP: Riedl faces uncertain future". AFF - The Official Website Of The Asean Football Federation. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Will Riedl stay on as Indonesia coach?". ESPN. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Indonesia boss wants to stay after AFF loss". ESPN.com. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  18. ^ "PSSI (FAI) revealed a list of coaches that will replace ALFRED RIEDL". Andy1890's Blog. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  19. ^ "Riedl loses cancer fight, Kiatisak hails Austrian". Bangkok Post. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  20. ^ "Former Indonesian national team soccer coach Alfred Riedl dies at 70". The Jakarta Post. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  21. ^ "Ex-team boss Alfred Riedl passed away". Ground News. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  22. ^ VnExpress. "HLV Alfred Riedl qua đời". vnexpress.net (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  23. ^ "Alfred Riedl, The Trainer That Smiles Stingy His Players Love". VOI - Waktunya Merevolusi Pemberitaan. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  24. ^ "Österreichs Torschützenkönige". oberliga-a.at. Archived from the original on 15 September 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
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