Günther Neukirchner

Günther Neukirchner
Günther Neukirchner (2018)
Personnel
birthday	2nd December 1971
place of birth	Grambach ,  Austria
size	179 cm
position	Defender
Juniors
Years	station
1980-1989	SK Sturm Graz
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1989-2006	SK Sturm Graz	426 (29)
2006-2007	FC Gratkorn	16 0(1)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1998-2002	Austria	14 0(1)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2009-2017	SK Sturm Graz II (assistant coach)
2014	SK Sturm Graz (interim)
2018	SK Sturm Graz (interim)
1 Only league games are given.

Günther Neukirchner (born December 2, 1971 in Grambach ) is a former Austrian football player on the position of a defender . He spent most of his active career at the traditional Styrian club SK Sturm Graz , with whom he celebrated great success.

Career

As a player

The all-rounder was a key player in SK Sturm Graz . The Styrian has been playing in Graz since 1980 . "Gü", as he is called by his teammates, first played in the youth team, with the amateurs and later in the combat team . He became an all-rounder, because as a young storm kicker he was not used in his position as a striker and therefore repeatedly switched to other positions. He has played in every position in the Bundesliga so far, with the exception of the goalkeeper.

Neukirchner made his debut in the Austrian national team on August 19, 1998 against France in a 2-2 draw in Vienna . He made a total of 14 internationals. His career in the national team came to an inglorious end when he and eight teammates refused to fly to Israel to take part in the last qualifying game for the 2002 World Cup ( see also the international soccer match Israel - Austria 2001 ).

With Sturm Graz he was twice Austrian champion and three times Austrian cup winner . He also played three times in the Champions League .

On August 30, 2006 it was announced on the club's website that Neukirchner ended his active career. On August 31, the Graz veteran signed a contract with FC Gratkorn in the second-class first division . In the summer of 2007 he ended his active football career there after 16 appearances and one goal. With 426 games, Günther Neukirchner played the second most games for SK Sturm Graz.

As a trainer

For the 2009/10 season, the Graz native moved back to his home club, this time to fill the post of assistant coach of the amateur team . In September 2014 Neukirchner acted as an interim coach for the pros for two games. In November 2018 he became interim coach for a second time.

successes

• 2 × Austrian champion (1997/1998 and 1998/1999)
• 4 × Austrian runner-up (1994/1995, 1995/1996, 1999/2000, 2001/2002)
• 3 × ÖFB cup winners (1996, 1997, 1999)
• 2 × ÖFB Cup finalists (1998 and 2002)
• 3 × Austrian Supercup winner (1996, 1998, 1999)
• 2 × Austrian Supercup finalist (1997, 2002)

Others

• After a 4-0 defeat against the Grazer AK on February 27, 2005, Neukirchner delivered a legendary interview in which he mainly criticized the "stupid" questions posed by the sports journalist at Premiere .

At the general assembly of SK Sturm Graz on January 18, 2016 he was honored as honorary captain together with Mario Haas and Andy Pichler .

He also played futsal at 1. FSC Graz .

Web links

Commons : Günther Neukirchner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Günther Neukirchner in the database of weltfussball.de
• Günther Neukirchner (players) in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Günther Neukirchner (trainer) in the database of transfermarkt.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ kleinezeitung.at: Record player Neukirchner co-trainer of Sturm-Amateure ( Memento from September 1st, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Kleine Zeitung June 28th, 2009
2. ↑ Sturm provides Heiko Vogel dienstfrei sksturm.at, on November 11, 2018, accessed on November 11, 2018
3. ↑ youtube.com: Legendary interview with Sky
4. ↑ HARMONIOUS GENERAL ASSEMBLY WITH A LOT OF STORM SPIRIT ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on January 22, 2016