Ralph Hasenhüttl

Ralph Hasenhüttl

Ralph Hasenhüttl (2012)
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-08-09) 9 August 1967
Place of birth Graz, Austria
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre forward
Club information
Current team
 RB Leipzig (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1989 Grazer AK 65 (20)
1989–1994 FK Austria Wien 134 (44)
1994–1996 SV Austria Salzburg 53 (13)
1996–1997 KV Mechelen 27 (8)
1997–1998 Lierse SK 22 (4)
1998–2000 1. FC Köln 41 (3)
2000–2002 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 51 (13)
2002–2004 FC Bayern Munich II 57 (14)
Total 450 (119)
National team
1988–1994 Austria 8 (3)
Teams managed
2007–2010 SpVgg Unterhaching
2011–2013 VfR Aalen
2013–2016 FC Ingolstadt 04
2016– RB Leipzig

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Ralph Hasenhüttl (born 9 August 1967) is an Austrian football manager and former player. He is currently the coach of RB Leipzig.

Playing career

After several successful years playing as a centre-forward in the Austrian league, Hasenhüttl moved abroad, with spells at KV Mechelen and Lierse SK in Belgium. In season 1998–99, he signed for 1. FC Köln, for a fee equivalent to €200,000. In his two years in Cologne, however, he only scored three goals and in 2000 moved to SpVgg Greuther Fürth.

Hasenhüttl finished his career at FC Bayern Munich II, in the Regionalliga Süd.

International career

Hasenhüttl played eight times for the Austrian national team, scoring three goals.

Managerial career

Between 2004 and 2005, Hasenhüttl was a youth-team coach at SpVgg Unterhaching. Following the sacking of Harry Deutinger in March 2007, he became caretaker manager until the appointment of Werner Lorant, under whom he worked as assistant coach. Following the resignation of Lorant in October 2007, Hasenhüttl became the new head coach and finished in sixth place that season. In season 2008–09, in the newly formed 3. Liga, the team's performances earned them fourth place in the table, missing out on a play-off place by only one point. In the 2009–10 season, however, they failed to build upon their success, achieving only 31 points in 24 games, resulting in Hasenhüttl's sacking in February 2010.

In January 2011, Hasenhüttl succeeded Rainer Scharinger as the coach of third-division VfR Aalen, then in 16th place, one point above the relegation zone. Aalen's survival in the 3. Liga earned him a year's contract extension. In the 2011–12 season, he completely rebuilt the team, bringing in eight new players and releasing 14, with the aim of a mid-table finish. After a slow start to the season, the team found itself in sixth place at the winter break, only a point behind the play-off position. The team's run continued into the second half of the season, which included an eight-game winning streak, earning Hasenhüttl a further two-year contract extension in November 2011. At the end of the season, Aalen finished in second place, earning automatic promotion to the 2. Bundesliga.

During pre-season training in the summer of 2012, Hasenhüttl contracted a Hantavirus infection, but returned to work three weeks into the 2012–13 season. Hasenhüttl had switched from a 4–4–2 to a 4–5–1 formation, to facilitate a fast, counter-attacking game, with surprising success – by the winter break, Aalen were in fifth place. The team finished the season in ninth place, the highest of the newly promoted teams.

After two-and-a-half successful years at Aalen, Hasenhüttl resigned in June 2013,[1] following disagreements with sporting director Markus Schupp, who had imposed an austerity program for the following season, with several departing players not being replaced.

In October 2013, Hasenhüttl was appointed as coach of FC Ingolstadt 04,[2] replacing Marco Kurz. In his first season, he took them from bottom of the 2. Bundesliga to tenth place. In season 2014/15, Hasenhüttl took Ingolstadt to the Bundesliga for the first time, finishing the season as champions. In 2015/16, he was successful in securing Ingolstadt's Bundesliga survival, finishing in 11th place, but chose not to extend his contract.

In May 2016, he was confirmed as the new trainer of newly promoted RB Leipzig.[3]

It was reported on the 2 December 2016 that Ralph is a potential successor to Arsene Wenger at Arsenal after his exemplary run as head coach at RB Leigzip. The swap could happen as early as this summer with Wengers contract coming to an end this summer.[4]

Coaching record

As of 3 December 2016
Team From To Record
G W D L Win % Ref.
SpVgg Unterhaching 4 October 2007[5] 22 February 2010[5] 88 40 20 28 45.45 [6][7][8]
VfR Aalen 3 January 2011[5] 8 June 2013[5] 93 36 28 29 38.71 [9]
Ingolstadt 04 7 October 2013[5] 30 June 2016 95 36 34 25 37.89 [10]
RB Leipzig 1 July 2016[5] Present 14 10 4 0 71.43 [11]
Total 290 122 86 82 42.07 —

Honours and achievements

Manager

VfR Aalen
FC Ingolstadt 04

References

  1. ↑ "Ralph Hasenhüttl verlässt VfR Aalen" (in German). Der Tagesspiegel. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Ingolstadt verpflichtet Hasenhüttel" (in German). Spiegel Online. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "RB Leipzig bestätigt Verpflichtung von Hasenhüttl" [RB Leipzig confirm signing of Hasenhüttl]. Spiegel Online (in German). Spiegel. 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  4. ↑ Charles, Andy. "RB Leigzip boss Ralph Hasenhuttl hints at contract with Arsenal". SkySports.com.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ralph Hasenhüttl" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "SpVgg Unterhacing 2007–08 season". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "SpVgg Unterhacing 2008–09 season". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "SpVgg Unterhacing 2009–10 season". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "VfR Aalen" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "FC Ingolstadt 04" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "RB Leipzig" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
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