Ralph Hasenhüttl

Footballer

Birthday August 9, 1967

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Graz, Austria

Age 56 years old

Nationality Austria

Height 1.91 m

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1967

Ralph Hasenhüttl (born 9 August 1967) is an Austrian professional football manager and former player who last managed Premier League club Southampton.

During his playing career, he played as a centre forward.

1985

Born in Graz, Hasenhüttl began his career with hometown club GAK, making his first team debut in the 1985–86 season.

1989

He transferred to Austria Wien in 1989, with whom he won three successive Bundesliga titles and two Austrian Cups.

1994

He moved to Austria Salzburg in 1994, where he won another Bundesliga title as well as an Austrian Super Cup.

1996

In 1996, Hasenhüttl moved abroad, with spells at Mechelen and Lierse in Belgium.

1998

In season 1998–99, he signed for 1. FC Köln, for a fee equivalent to €200,000.

2000

In his two years in Cologne, however, he only scored three goals and in 2000 moved to SpVgg Greuther Fürth.

Hasenhüttl finished his career at Bayern Munich II, in the Regionalliga Süd.

Hasenhüttl played eight times for the Austria national team, scoring three goals.

2004

Between 2004 and 2005, Hasenhüttl was a youth-team coach at SpVgg Unterhaching.

2007

Following the sacking of Harry Deutinger in March 2007, he became caretaker manager until the appointment of Werner Lorant, under whom he worked as assistant coach.

On 4 October 2007, Hasenhüttl became the new head coach.

His first match was a 2–2 draw against SSV Reutlingen 05.

Unterhaching finished in sixth place that season.

2008

In the 2008–09 season, in the newly formed 3. Liga, the team's performances earned them fourth place in the table, missing out on a play-off place by one point.

Unterhaching were eliminated in the first round of the German Cup.

2010

In the 2009–10 season, they failed to build upon their success, achieving 31 points in 24 games, resulting in Hasenhüttl's sacking on 22 February 2010.

His final match was a 1–1 draw against Borussia Dortmund II on 21 February 2010.

He finished with a record of 40 wins, 20 draws, and 28 losses.

2011

In January 2011, Hasenhüttl succeeded Rainer Scharinger as the coach of third division VfR Aalen, then in 16th place, one point above the relegation zone.

His first match was a 1–1 draw against VfB Stuttgart II.

Aalen's survival in the 3.

Liga earned him a year's contract extension.

In the 2011–12 season, he completely rebuilt the team, bringing in eight new players and releasing 14, with the aim of a mid-table finish.

After a slow start to the season, the team found itself in sixth place at the winter break, only a point behind the play-off position.

The team's run continued into the second half of the season, which included an eight-game winning streak, earning Hasenhüttl a further two-year contract extension in November 2011.

At the end of the season, Aalen finished in second place, earning automatic promotion to the 2. Bundesliga.

2012

During pre-season training in the summer of 2012, Hasenhüttl contracted a Hantavirus infection, but returned to work three weeks into the 2012–13 season.

Hasenhüttl had switched from a 4–4–2 to a 4–5–1 formation, to facilitate a fast, counter-attacking game, with success.

By the winter break, Aalen were in fifth place.

The team finished the season in ninth place, the highest of the newly promoted teams.

2013

After two-and-a-half successful years at Aalen, Hasenhüttl resigned in June 2013, when Aalen lost its main sponsor and sporting director Markus Schupp imposed an austerity programme for the following season, with several departing players not being replaced.

He finished with a record of 36 wins, 28 draws, and 29 losses.

In October 2013, Hasenhüttl was appointed as coach of Ingolstadt 04, replacing Marco Kurz.

In his first season, he took them from bottom of the 2.

Bundesliga to tenth place.

2014

In the 2014–15 season, Hasenhüttl took Ingolstadt to the Bundesliga for the first time, finishing the season as 2.

Bundesliga champions.

2015

In the 2015–16 season, he was successful in securing Ingolstadt's Bundesliga survival, finishing in 11th place, but chose not to extend his contract.