Ferdinand Feldhofer

Austrian association football manager and former footballer

Ferdinand Feldhofer (born 23 October 1979) is an Austrian football coach and a former player.

Ferdinand Feldhofer
Personal information
Full name Ferdinand Feldhofer
Date of birth (1979-10-23) 23 October 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Vorau, Austria
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 Sturm Graz 32 (1)
2002–2005 Rapid Wien 80 (5)
2005–2008 Wacker Innsbruck 77 (4)
2008–2013 Sturm Graz 88 (2)
National team
2002–2007 Austria 13 (1)
Teams managed
2015–2019 SV Lafnitz
2019–2021 Wolfsberger AC
2021– 2022 SK Rapid Wien
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

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Feldhofer started his career with TuS Vorau and TSV Pöllau in Styria. Then he went on to Sturm Graz. With them he won the double in 1999. He moved then to Rapid Wien in 2002. He won another league title with Rapid in 2005 and then left for Wacker Innsbruck. In summer 2008 returned to Sturm. He ended his career in 2013. Between 2002 and 2007 he also played 13 matches for the Austrian national football team.

In June 2012 he got the UEFA A Licence as manager. He worked as the coach for different youth teams. In 2015 he became coach of SV Lafnitz in the Regionalliga. The team became champions and were promoted to the Second League. In October 2019 Feldhofer acquired his UEFA Pro Licence. December 2019 he became coach of the Bundesliga side Wolfsberger AC. In the 2019-20 season they finished 3rd and played in the Europa League where they reached the knock out stage. He resigned after the Cup loss against LASK. On 28 November 2021, Feldhofer became manager of Austrian club SK Rapid Wien. Feldhofer was fired by the team on 16 October 2022.

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 15 October 2022
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nation From To Record Ref
G W D L Win %
SV Lafnitz   10 October 2015 23 December 2019 132 66 34 32 050.00 [1]
Wolfsberger AC   23 December 2019 4 March 2021 46 20 10 16 043.48 [2]
Rapid Wien   29 November 2021 16 October 2022 42 17 11 14 040.48 [3]
Total 220 103 55 62 046.82

Honours

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As player
As coach

References

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  1. "SV Lafnitz: Matches". Soccerway. DAZN Group. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  2. "Wolfsberger AC: Matches". Soccerway. DAZN Group. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. "SK Rapid Wien: Matches". Soccerway. DAZN Group. Retrieved 1 December 2021.