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Klaus Lindenberger

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Klaus Lindenberger
Personal information
Date of birth (1957-05-28) 28 May 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth Linz, Austria
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1967–1976 SV Bad-Hall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1988 LASK 283 (0)
1988–1991 FC Swarovski Tirol 89 (0)
1991–1993 FC Stahl Linz 58 (0)
Total 430 (0)
International career
1982–1990 Austria 43 (0)
Managerial career
2008–2009 LASK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Klaus Lindenberger (born 28 May 1957) is an Austrian former football player and coach. A goalkeeper, he played for LASK, FC Swarovski Tirol and FC Stahl Linz. As a coach he managed Austrian Bundesliga side LASK.

Club career

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Lindenberger was born in Linz, Austria. made his professional debut with LASK in the 1976–77 season and stayed with his hometown club for over ten years before moving to and winning silverware with FC Swarovski Tirol. After three years he returned to Linz to play for Stahl Linz. He finished his career with minor league side Eintracht Wels.

International career

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Lindenberger made his debut for Austria in an April 1982 friendly match against Czechoslovakia and was a participant at the 1982 and 1990 FIFA World Cups.[1] He earned 43 caps, no goals scored.[2] His last international was an August 1990 friendly match against Switzerland.

Coaching career

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LASK replaced Lindenberger by Hans Krankl as manager on 24 March 2009. Lindenberger remained at the club in the position of executive manager.[3]

Honours

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Swarovski Tirol

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References

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  1. ^ "Record at FIFA Tournaments". FIFA. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
  2. ^ "Appearances for Austrian National Team". RSSSF. 7 November 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
  3. ^ Krankl-Start beim LASK Archived 27 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine