Friedrich Koncilia

Friedl Koncilia
Personal information
Full name	Friedrich Koncilia
Date of birth	25 February 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth	Klagenfurt, Austria
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1962–1965	KAC
Senior career*
Years	Team
1965–1969	Austria Klagenfurt
1969–1971	SV Wattens
1971–1979	FC Wacker Innsbruck
1979	Anderlecht
1980–1985	Austria Wien
Total
International career
1970–1985	Austria
Managerial career
1998	Gamba Osaka
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Friedrich Koncilia (born 25 February 1948) is an Austrian former professional football who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Klagenfurt, Koncilia made his debut for local side Austria Klagenfurt at 17, moving to SV Wattens in 1969. After two seasons there he enjoyed his longest and most successful spell at FC Wacker Innsbruck, staying there for eight years (teammates included his younger brother Peter, a midfielder). He moved abroad to R.S.C. Anderlecht of Belgium, only to return to Austria after a mere eight games and finished his career at Austria Wien. A back injury forced him to retire at 37.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in a September 1970 friendly match against Hungary and was a participant at the 1978 FIFA World Cup and at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.^[1] He earned 84 caps which makes him Austria's fifth most capped player of all-time (with Bruno Pezzey)^[2] His last international was a May 1985 World Cup qualification match against Cyprus.

Managerial statistics

^[3]

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Gamba Osaka	1998	1998	12	4	0	8	033.33
Total			12	4	0	8	033.33

Honours

FC Wacker Innsbruck

Austrian Bundesliga: 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977
Austrian Cup: 1973, 1975, 1978
Mitropa Cup: 1975, 1976

Austria Wien

Austrian Bundesliga: 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985
Austrian Cup: 1980, 1982, 1984

References

^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
^ Appearances for Austrian National Team - RSSSF
^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

External links

Profile - Austria Archive
Friedrich Koncilia at National-Football-Teams.com
Friedrich Koncilia manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

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[1] Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA

[2] Appearances for Austrian National Team - RSSSF

[3] J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

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