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{{Short description|Austrian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography            
| name      = Manfred Linzmaier
| image = 
| fullname = Manfred Linzmaier
| height = {{Height|m=1.83|precision=0}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|8|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kufstein]], [[Austria]]
| position = [[Midfielder]] 
| youthyears1 =   
| youthclubs1 =   
|  years1 =   1981–1986 
| years2 =  1986–1992 
| years3 =  1992–1993 
| years4 =  1993–1995 
| years5 =  1995 
| years6 =  1996 
| years7 =  1996–1997
|  clubs1 =   [[FC Wacker Innsbruck]] 
| clubs2 =  [[FC Swarovski Tirol]] 
| clubs3 =  [[FC Wacker Innsbruck]] 
| clubs4 =  [[LASK Linz]] 
| clubs5 =  [[Vorwärts Steyr]] 
| clubs6 =  [[FC Linz]] 
| clubs7 =  [[FC Kufstein]]
| caps1 =    135  
| caps2 =  180  
| caps3 =   16   
| caps4 =   54   
| caps5 =    3   
| goals1 =  14  
| goals2 =  25  
| goals3 =  1  
| goals4 =  9  
| goals5 =  0 
| nationalyears1 =   1985–1991
| nationalteam1 =   [[Austria national football team|Austria]]
| nationalcaps1 =    25  
| nationalgoals1 =   2 
| manageryears1 = 2001–2003 
| managerclubs1 = [[Hamburger SV]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2004–2005 
| managerclubs2 = [[1. FC Kaiserslautern]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2005 
| managerclubs3 = Wüstenrot Sbg (interim)
| manageryears4 = 2005–2006 
| managerclubs4 = [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]] (assistant)
| manageryears5 = 2006– 
| managerclubs5 = [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]] (scout)
| manageryears6 = 2015– 
| managerclubs6 = [[FC Ingolstadt]] (scout)
}}

'''Manfred Linzmaier''' (born 27 August 1962 in [[Kufstein]]) is a retired [[Austria]]n [[football (soccer)|footballer]]. He is now a football manager.

==Club career==
Nicknamed ''Tyroler Keegan'', Linzmaier started his professional career at [[FC Wacker Innsbruck]], later renamed [[FC Swarovski Tirol]], and stayed for 12 years playing alongside German [[midfield maestro]] [[Hansi Müller]]. He moved to [[Austrian Football First League|Second Division]] [[LASK Linz]] to clinch promotion to the [[Austrian Football Bundesliga]]. He then had a short spell at [[Vorwärts Steyr]] before winning the 2nd division title again with [[FC Linz]]. He finished his career at hometown club [[FC Kufstein]].

After his playing career, he became assistant to head-coach [[Kurt Jara]] at [[FC Tirol]], [[Hamburger SV]] and [[1. FC Kaiserslautern]].<ref>[http://www.hsv.de/index.php?id=9708 Austrian-born Coach signs until the end of this season] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050101142259/http://www.hsv.de/index.php?id=9708 |date=2005-01-01 }} - HSV</ref>

==International career==
He made his debut for [[Austria national football team|Austria]] in 1985 and was a participant at the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080228060321/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=174709/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] - FIFA</ref> He earned 25 caps, scoring 2 goals. His last international was a May 1991 friendly match against [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]].

===International goals===
:''Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 15 October 1986 || [[UPC-Arena|Liebenau Stadium]], [[Graz]] || {{fb|ALB}} || '''3'''–0 || 3–0 || [[UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying|Euro 1988 qualifier]]
|-
| 2. || 1 April 1987 || [[Ernst-Happel-Stadion|Praterstadion]], [[Vienna]] || {{fb|ESP}} || '''1'''–1 || 2–3 || Euro 1988 qualifier
|}

==Honours==
*'''[[Austrian Football Bundesliga]] (2):'''
** 1989, 1990
*'''[[Austrian Cup]] (2):'''
** 1989, 1993

==External links==
* [http://lask.kobergonline.com/spieler.php?spid=72 LASK stats] - LASK
* {{NFT player|pid=17042}}
* [http://www.fc-wacker-innsbruck.at/allgemeines/der-tiroler-keegan.html Interview with Linzmaier]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} - Wacker Innsbruck {{in lang|de}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{Austria Squad 1990 World Cup}}
{{FC Red Bull Salzburg managers}}

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[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Kufstein]]
[[Category:Austrian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Austria men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1990 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:FC Wacker Innsbruck players]]
[[Category:LASK players]]
[[Category:SK Vorwärts Steyr players]]
[[Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players]]
[[Category:Austrian football managers]]
[[Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg managers]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Footballers from Tyrol (federal state)]]
[[Category:FC Swarovski Tirol players]]
[[Category:20th-century Austrian sportsmen]]


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