Alfred Riedl (2 November 1949 – 8 September 2020) was an Austrian football manager and player who played as a striker.
Playing career
Club career Riedl first played for Austria Wien from 1967 to 1972, before leaving Austria to play for the Belgian club Sint-Truiden at the age of 22. After he played eight seasons in the Belgian First Division (two with Sint-Truiden, two with Royal Antwerp and four with Standard Liège), Riedl enjoyed a brief spell at FC Metz in France. He came back to Austria after a single season there, to play for Grazer AK, and then at Wiener Sportclub and VfB Admira Wacker Mödling.
International career Riedl was capped four times for the Austria national football team, making his debut in April 1975 against Hungary.
Coaching career Early career As a manager, Riedl coached Olympique Khouribga, Zamalek, Al Salmiya, and many national teams, including Austria, Liechtenstein and Palestine.
Vietnam At the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, he coached Vietnam to a 2–0 victory over the United Arab Emirates and help the team to get to the quarterfinal for the first time in history. Unfortunately, in late 2007, after the team's disappointing performance at the SEA Games 2007, he was fired and replaced by the Portuguese coach Henrique Calisto.
In 2008, he returned to Vietnam to coach Hải Phòng. However, he was dismissed after only three matches.
Laos On 9 July 2009, he signed a two-year contract as head coach of Laos.
In 2011, he returned to Laos as national team technical director.
Indonesia On 4 May 2010, Riedl was named the new coach of the Indonesia senior and under-23 team.AFC website He led Indonesia to the 2010 AFF Suzuki Final but lost to Malaysia on 4–2 aggregate score. Then suddenly, on 13 July 2011, he lost his job because of a "contract dispute",Foxnews.com after a highly publicized political power struggle within the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI), and was replaced by Wim Rijsbergen.The Jakarta Post: PSSI Fires Riedl Appoints New Coach
Riedl was reappointed as Indonesia national team head coach in December 2013, signing a three-year contract. His contract was terminated by mutual consent at the end of 2014, after Indonesia failed to qualify for the knockout stages of the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup.
Riedl then accepted the head coach job of PSM Makassar in early 2015, but resigned in April the same year before the league even started.
Rield returned as the head coach of Indonesia in 2016 on a one-year contract, and guided Indonesia to the finals of 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup. After Indonesia lost to Thailand 3–2 on aggregate in the finals, his contract was not renewed.
Death Riedl died on 8 September 2020 in Austria due to cancer.
Honours
Player Austria Wien Austrian Football Championship: 1968–69, 1969–70 Austrian Cup: 1970–71
Grazer AK Austrian Cup: 1980–81
Individual Austrian Football Championship top scorer: 1971–72 Belgian First Division top scorer: 1972–73, 1974–75
Manager Olympique Club de Khouribga (Morocco) Moroccan Cup runner-up: 1994
Zamalek SC Egyptian Confederation Cup: 1995
Vietnam AFF Championship runner-up: 1998 Southeast Asian Games runner-up: 1999 King's Cup runner-up: 2006
Vietnam Olympic Southeast Asian Games runner-up: 2003, 2005
Indonesia AFF Championship runner-up: 2010, 2016
References
External links Official page Profile – Austria Archive
Alfred Riedl Interview