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{{Short description|Austrian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Not to be confused with|Kurt Russell}}{{Infobox football biography
| name = Kurt Russ
| image = FC_Liefering_gegen_Kapfenberger_SV_(26._April_2016)_20.JPG
| caption = Russ in 2016
| fullname = 
| height = 1.80 m
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|11|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Langenwang]], Austria
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = FC Langenwang
| years1 = 
| clubs1 = [[Kapfenberger SV]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1987–1990
| clubs2 = [[First Vienna]]
| caps2 = 82
| goals2 = 12
| years3 = 1990–1994
| clubs3 = [[FC Swarovski Tirol]]
| caps3 = 88
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 1994–1998
| clubs4 = [[LASK Linz]]
| caps4 = 92
| goals4 = 5
| totalcaps = 262
| totalgoals = 18
| nationalyears1 = 1988–1991
| nationalteam1 = [[Austria national football team|Austria]]
| nationalcaps1 = 28
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 
| managerclubs1 = [[SC Schwanenstadt]]
| manageryears2 = 2007–2008
| managerclubs2 = [[Vorwärts Steyr]]
| manageryears3 = 2010–2013
| managerclubs3 = [[Kapfenberger SV|Kapfenberger SV II]]
| manageryears4 = 2013–2016
| managerclubs4 = [[Kapfenberger SV]]
| manageryears5 = 2018–2020
| managerclubs5 = Kapfenberger SV
| manageryears6 = 2021–2022
| managerclubs6 = [[TSV Hartberg]]
}}

'''Kurt Russ''' (born 23 November 1964) is an Austrian [[association football|football]] coach and a former player.

==Club career==
Russ began his playing career with his home town club of FC Langenwang and later moved on to [[Kapfenberger SV]]. During his professional club career he played for [[First Vienna]], [[FC Swarovski Tirol]] and [[LASK Linz]]. He finished his career at [[SC Schwanenstadt]] to become player/coach.

==International career==
Russ' international debut came in the 1–0 victory over [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] on 27 April 1988. Under [[Josef Hickersberger]]'s management of the Austrian national side, Russ was an almost permanent fixture appearing in the starting line ups of 27, out of a possible 31, internationals. The culmination of which was the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080228061351/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=44589/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] - FIFA</ref> Hickersberger's departure issued in the era of [[Alfred Riedl]] as national coach, which saw a decline in Russ's use. His final international was a June 1991 European qualification match, like his debut game also against [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]].

==Coaching career==
More recently he has been the trainer with [[SC Schwanenstadt]] and from the summer of 2007 until March 2008 he was head coach of [[Vorwärts Steyr]]. He was the head coach of [[Kapfenberger SV]]<ref>[http://www.ksv-fussball.at/mannschaften_08/mannschaften_details.php?id=143 KSV Amateur Mannschaft] - Kapfenberger SV</ref> from 2013 until 2016.

==External links==
*{{NFT player|22128}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Austria Squad 1990 World Cup}}
{{Kapfenberger SV managers}}
{{SK Vorwärts Steyr managers}}

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[[Category:1964 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Mürzzuschlag District]]
[[Category:Footballers from Styria]]
[[Category:Austrian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Austria men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1990 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:First Vienna FC players]]
[[Category:FC Wacker Innsbruck players]]
[[Category:LASK players]]
[[Category:Kapfenberger SV players]]
[[Category:Austrian football managers]]
[[Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga managers]]
[[Category:SK Vorwärts Steyr managers]]
[[Category:Kapfenberger SV managers]]
[[Category:LASK managers]]
[[Category:TSV Hartberg managers]]
[[Category:FC Swarovski Tirol players]]
[[Category:FC Tirol Innsbruck players]]
[[Category:20th-century Austrian sportsmen]]


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