Andreas Heraf

Austrian association football player

Andreas Heraf (born 10 September 1967 in Vienna) is an Austrian football manager and former football midfielder.

Andreas Heraf
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-09-10) 10 September 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Graphia Wien
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1988 Rapid Wien 55 (6)
1988–1990 First Vienna 76 (19)
1991 Austria Salzburg 11 (4)
1991–1994 Vorwärts Steyr 80 (23)
1994 Hannover 96 17 (3)
1995–1999 Rapid Wien 135 (21)
2000–2001 Kärnten 30 (0)
Total 404 (76)
National team
1996–1998 Austria 11 (1)
Teams managed
2001–2002 1. FC Saarbrücken
2003–2005 Austria Lustenau
2005 SC Schwanenstadt
2006 FC Superfund
2006–2007 SC Schwanenstadt
2007–2008 SC-ESV Parndorf 1919
2008–2015 Austria U20
2015–2017 Austria U17
2017–2018 New Zealand women[note 1]
2018–2019 Floridsdorfer AC
2021 SV Ried
2021 Türkgücü München
2022– Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career change

He started his career with SK Rapid Wien but played later for different clubs in Austria (Vienna, Austria Salzburg, Vorwärts Stteyr, FC Kärnten) and Germany (Hannover 96). He was member of Rapids team playing in the 1996 UEFA Cup Winners Cup Final against Paris St Germain in Brussels, which Rapid lost.

His first international match was in April 1996 a friendly match against Hungary. He was member of the 1998 FIFA World Cup team but did not play. His last international was an October 1998 World Cup qualification match against San Marino.

From 2001 to 2008 he was manager of different teams in Germany and Austria. Since 2022 he has been manager of Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz.

Honours change

As player change

  • Austrian Football Bundesliga (2):
    • 1987, 1988, 1996
  • Austrian Cup (3):
    • 1987, 1995, 2001

As manager change

  • Qualification for the FIFA U20 World Cup 2011

Notes change

  1. Heraf first served as interim head coach for two matches in November 2017, alongside Gareth Turnbull. Heraf was officially appointed as New Zealand's head coach on 20 December 2017, with Turnbull appointed as assistant.