Christoph Westerthaler

Christoph Westerthaler (11 January 1965 – 20 July 2018^[7]) was an Austrian football coach and player.

Christoph Westerthaler

Westerthaler in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth	(1965-01-11)11 January 1965
Place of birth	Silz, Austria
Date of death	20 July 2018(2018-07-20) (aged 53)
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, striker
Youth career
1973–1983	SPG Silz/Mötz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1986	FC Wacker Innsbruck	30	(7)
1986–1988	LASK Linz	53	(18)
1988–1994	FC Swarovski Tirol	167	(66)
1994–1995	SK Vorwärts Steyr	49	(14)
1996–1997	LASK Linz	47	(13)
1997	APOEL Nicosia	0	(0)
1998–1999	Eintracht Frankfurt	47	(8)
2000	FSV Frankfurt	33	(26)
2001	VfL Osnabrück	7	(0)
Total		433	(152)
International career
1989–1993	Austria	6	(0)
Managerial career
2002–2005	FC Wacker Tirol (assistant)
2005–2007	Innsbrucker AC
2008	SV Völs
2011–2014[1]	SV Horn (assistant)
2014–2015[2]	SV Horn
2015–2016[3]	SV Horn (assistant)
2016[4]	SV Horn (interim)
2016–2017[5]	SV Horn (assistant)
2017[6]	SV Horn (interim)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Nicknamed Gischi, Westerthaler was a small-built striker who started his professional career at FC Wacker Innsbruck and stayed with them for nine years, split by a two-season period at LASK Linz. With the Tyrolean side he won two league titles and two domestic cups. In 1994, he moved to SK Vorwärts Steyr only to rejoin LASK two years later. In 1997, he moved abroad and played in Germany for the two major Frankfurt teams and VfL Osnabrück.

In the summer of 2001 he finished his career as a player because of a knee cartilage damage.

International career

Westerthaler made his debut for Austria in an October 1989 friendly match against Malta but was not considered for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He earned 6 caps, no goals scored. His final international game was a November 1993 World Cup qualification match against Sweden.

Death

On 20 July 2018, Westerthaler died at the age of 53, due to a heart attack.^[8]

Honours

• Austrian Bundesliga: 1989, 1990
• Austrian Cup: 1989, 1993
• Austrian Bundesliga top goalscorer: 1992 ^[9]

External links

• Christoph Westerthaler at National-Football-Teams.com
• German Bundesliga stats - Fussballportal