Dietmar Constantini
Dietmar "Didi" Constantini (born 30 May, 1955 in Innsbruck, Austria) is a former Austrian football player and coach.
![]() Constantini with Austria in 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 30 May 1955 | ||
Place of birth | Innsbruck, Austria | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Central defender, midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Wacker Innsbruck | |||
ESV Austria Innsbruck | |||
1974–1979 | SSW Innsbruck | ||
1979–1980 | LASK | ||
SPG Raika Innsbruck | |||
1981–1982 | Kavala | ||
1982–1983 | FC Union Wels | ||
Favoritner AC | |||
Wiener Sportclub | |||
Total | 198 | ||
National team | |||
Austria U18 | |||
Teams managed | |||
Wiener Sportclub (assistant) | |||
Al-Ittihad (Jeddah) (assistant) | |||
1989–1991 | Rapid Wien (assistant) | ||
1991–1992 | Austria U21 | ||
1991 | Austria (caretaker) | ||
1992 | Austria (assistant) | ||
1992 | Austria (caretaker) | ||
1993 | LASK | ||
1993–1995 | Admira Wacker Mödling | ||
1995–1997 | Tirol Innsbruck | ||
1997–1998 | Mainz 05 | ||
1999–2001 | Austria (assistant) | ||
2001–2002 | Austria Wien (caretaker) | ||
2003 | FC Kärnten (caretaker) | ||
2006 | ASKÖ Pasching (caretaker) | ||
2006–2007 | Pasching | ||
2008 | Austria Wien | ||
2009–2011 | Austria | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Career
changeConstantini started playing with FC Wacker Innsbruck. With the team he won the Austrian Championship two times. After one year with LASK Linz, he went to Greece. This was the only time he spent with a squad from abroad. In 1982, he came back to Austria and played with different clubs from the first and second league. After his time with the Wiener Sportclub, he ended his career as player.
He played 198 league matches, scoring five goals, winning two Austrian championships, and one Austrian Cup. He played matches for the Austrian Under 18 team and the amateur national team.
Coaching career
changeHis first experiences as coach was in Saudi-Arabia and for SK Rapid Wien as assistant coach. Then he went to the ÖFB where he became coach of the Under 21 national team and at the same time assistant coach with the national team. After the demotion of head coach Alfred Riedl he did not become coach of the team, so he went on to different clubs in Austria and Germany. (FSV Mainz 05, LASK, Admira Wackerand FC Tirol Innsbruck.)
In 1998, he started football camps for children so he could not became coach of a team. He was only caretaker for FK Austria Wien, FC Kärnten and manager of SV Austria Salzburg. He worked in the meantime as expert for the football broadcast of ATV and organized his camps. In 2006/07, he was coach of FC Superfund Pasching.
Team coach
changeOn 4 March 2009, Constantini became coach of the Austrian national football team. In the six last qualification matches the team scored 10 points but could not qualify for the 2010 World Cup. In September his contract was prolonged until 2012. Constantini had troubles with some players but he also gave young players a chance to play in the team (Aleksandar Dragović, Yasin Pehlivan, Julian Baumgartlinger or Jakob Jantscher).
Austria did not qualify for Euro 2012 and Constantini's contract was not renewed.
Managerial statistics
change- As of 14 October 2014
Team | From | To | Record | |||||
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M | W | D | L | Win % | Ref. | |||
Austria | 16 October 1991[1] | 13 November 1991[1] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | [1] |
Austria | 18 November 1992[1] | 18 November 1992[1] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | [1] |
LASK Linz | 12 March 1993[2] | 30 June 1993[2] | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 38.46 | [3] |
Admira Wacker | 1 July 1993[4] | 30 June 1995[4] | 83 | 33 | 21 | 29 | 39.76 | [5][6] |
Tirol Innsbruck | 1 July 1995[7] | 30 June 1997[7] | 85 | 39 | 19 | 27 | 45.88 | [8][9] |
Mainz 05 | 16 September 1997[10] | 8 April 1998[10] | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 20.00 | [10] |
Austria Wien | 22 December 2001[11] | 30 June 2002[11] | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50.00 | [12] |
Kärnten | 27 October 2003[13] | 18 January 2004[13] | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16.67 | [14] |
Pasching | 7 March 2006[15] | 5 June 2006[15] | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 64.29 | [16] |
Pasching | 25 October 2006[15] | 31 May 2007[15] | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 37.50 | [17] |
Austria Wien | 20 March 2008[11] | 31 May 2008[11] | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.67 | [18] |
Austria | 4 March 2009[19] | 31 December 2011[20] | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 29.63 | [21][22][23] |
Total | 297 | 120 | 74 | 103 | 40.40 | — |
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Olenev, Maxim. "AUSTRIAN NATIONAL TEAM COACHES". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "LASK Linz » Manager history". Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "LASK Linz » Fixtures & Results 1992/1993". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "FC Admira Wacker » Manager history". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "FC Admira Wacker » Fixtures & Results 1993/1994". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "FC Admira Wacker » Fixtures & Results 1994/1995". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "FC Wacker Innsbruck » Manager history". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "FC Wacker Innsbruck » Fixtures & Results 1995/1996". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "FC Wacker Innsbruck » Fixtures & Results 1996/1997". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "1. FSV Mainz 05". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "Austria Wien » Manager history". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "Austria Wien". kicker.de. kicker. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "FC Kärnten » Manager history". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "FC Kärnten » Fixtures & Results 2003/2004". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 "FC Superfund » Manager history". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "FC Superfund » Fixtures & Results 2005/2006". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "FC Superfund » Fixtures & Results 2006/2007". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "Austria Wien". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "Constantini new Austria boss". SkySports. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "Constantini to leave Austria post". ESPN FC. ESPN. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "Austria » Fixtures & Results 2009". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "Austria » Fixtures & Results 2010". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ↑ "Austria » Fixtures & Results 2011". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 October 2014.