Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | 15 April 1953 | ||
Place of birth | St. Pölten, Austria | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
|
Wacker Innsbruck (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
ASV Statzendorf | |||
Kremser SC | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1971–1985 | FK Austria Wien | 393 | (42) |
National team | |||
Austria | 6 | (0) | |
Teams managed | |||
1988 | Kremser SC | ||
Leistungszentrum St. Pölten | |||
ASV Statzendorf | |||
1994–1995 | SV Horn | ||
1997–1999 | SV Würmla | ||
2000–2002 | SKN St. Pölten | ||
2002–2006 | FK Austria Wien II | ||
2006–2008 | LASK Linz | ||
2008–2011 | FK Austria Wien | ||
2012–2015 | LASK Linz | ||
2015–2016 | SKN St. Pölten | ||
2017– | Wacker Innsbruck | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Karl Daxbacher (born 15 April 1953) is a retired Austrian football player and a football manager who currently manages Wacker Innsbruck.
Daxbacher was born in St. Pölten, Austria, in 1953. He has four daughters.
Daxbacher started his career at the ASV Statzendorf (close to St. Pölten) at the age of 15. After having played for Kremser SC for one season, he switched to FK Austria Wien in 1971. During the next 14 years he played about 400 national, and 40 international games for this team, as well as 6 games for the Austria national football team. In 1985, he switched to Kremser SC again (in the second highest division), where he ended his active career in 1986.
Daxbacher has been working as a coach for SV Horn, SKN St. Pölten, FK Austria Wien II, LASK Linz, and Austria Wien.
Austria Wien hired Daxbacher for the 2008–09 season and sacked him on 22 December 2011. Austria Wien had one league win in their last nine league matches at the time of the sacking.
On 12 June 2012, he returned to LASK Linz. He was sacked on 16 March 2015. He had won two of his last eight matches and lost one of his last six.Martin Hiden was named interim head coach.