Helmut L. Kronjäger

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Helmut L. Kronjäger (born June 30, 1953 in Graz , Styria ; † September 24, 2014 there ) was an Austrian football player , coach (UEFA Pro license) and official . Until 2012 he worked as a sports director for the Styrian Football Association (StFV) . He was u. a. also active in the Kingdom of Bhutan , the Solomon Islands and Sri Lanka as well as assistant coach for various ÖFB junior national teams.

Life

Career as a player

Kronjäger began his playing career in 1965 and played for ESV Austria Graz , SK Sturm Graz , VfB Stuttgart Amateure, SC Stuttgart , Waagner Biro Graz, SV Straßgang Graz and SV Gratkorn .

Career as a trainer / functionary

Helmut L. Kronjäger began his coaching career in 1991 at SV Hitzendorf. Two years later he became a contract coach at Sturm Graz, where he a. a. worked on Ivica Osim's staff . In 1997 he became a junior trainer and merchandising manager at Austria Wien . In 1999, Heinz Hochhauser brought him to SV Ried as an assistant coach , where he was head coach a year later until he was released in spring 2001. In 2002 Kronjäger became sports director at the Styrian Football Association (until 2012). During this time he also worked as Hermann Stadler's assistant trainer in various ÖFB junior national teams, in 2007 he became team leader in the Kingdom of Bhutan, trainer trainer in the Solomon Islands and project supervisor in Sri Lanka.

Private

Helmut L. Kronjäger was married three times and had two children. In 2012 he was diagnosed with lymph node cancer , which led to the end of his professional career. In April 2014 his biography Helmut L. Kronjäger appeared: The L stands for life . As a result of the disease, he died in September 2014 at the age of 61.

In 2012 he was awarded the Badge of Honor by the City of Graz.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Niggas: Kronjäger team boss in the Kingdom of Bhutan. ( Memento from September 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Kleine Zeitung , June 2, 2007
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Winheim: Trainer ailments column in the courier, 25./26. August 2012
  3. ↑ Helmut Kronjäger has died. In: Courier of September 25, 2014 (accessed September 25, 2014).
  4. ↑ News from the city senate. ( Memento from March 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) graz.at, November 9, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Kronjäger, Helmut L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian soccer player, coach and official
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 2014
Place of death Graz