Gernot Plassnegger

Gernot Plassnegger
Gernot Plassnegger (2018)
Personal information
Full name Gernot Plassnegger
Date of birth (1978-03-23) 23 March 1978
Place of birth Leoben, Austria
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1985-1991 FC Trofaiach
1991-1994 Grazer AK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994-1998 SV Austria Salzburg 40 (4)
1994-1995 ASVÖ FC Puch (loan) 24 (2)
1998-2001 FK Austria Wien 64 (6)
2001 1. FC Saarbrücken 16 (2)
2001-2003 VfL Wolfsburg 5 (0)
2002–2003 SV Waldhof Mannheim (loan) 26 (6)
2003–2004 FC Hansa Rostock 20 (1)
2004-2006 Grazer AK 60 (3)
2006–2007 SK Rapid Wien 11 (0)
2007–2008 SK Austria Kärnten 18 (0)
2008–2009 Ergotelis 25 (0)
2009–2013 Admira Wacker Mödling 139 (0)
International career
Austria U16 16 (?)
Austria U18 25 (?)
1996-1999 Austria U21 15 (3)
2006 Austria 1 (0)
Managerial career
2013-2017 Grazer AK
2017-2019 SC Austria Lustenau
2020-2021 Grazer AK
2024- SV Oberwart
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gernot Plassnegger (born 23 March 1978 in Leoben) is a former Austrian football player. He played as defender. He also played one match for the Austrian national football team. After the end of his career he became coach.

Career

Plassnegger began his career at his hometown club, FC Trofaiach. Via ASVÖ FC Puchhe moved to Austria Salzburg at the age of 19. There, he won the Austrian championship in his second season under coach Heribert Weber. In 1998 Plassnegger moved to Austria Vienna. He played there for two and a half years. During the winter break of the 2000/01 season he signed with 1. FC Saarbrücken .

He played a powerful second half of the season and went to the Bundesligaclub VfL Wolfsburg. However, he was unable to establish himself. He was loaned back to SV Waldhof Mannheim in the 2. Bundesliga. There, the Styrian was particularly impressive as a striker, scoring ten goals in 26 league matches. 2003 he went Hansa Rostock. However, after failing to secure a regular place he returned to Austria after a total of three and a half years in Germany.

He signed with GAK. In the spring of 2006, Plassnegger left GAK due to unpaid wages. He moved to SK Rapid in June. He then moved to SK Austria Kärnten in 2007. For the 2008/09 season, Gernot Plassenegger signed for three years with Greek first division club Ergotelis. He left Greece after one season and moved to FC Admira Wacker Mödling. During this time he achieved promotion to the Bundesliga and qualification for the UEFA Europa League. For Admira he played 139 matches. After five years the contract was not renewed in 2013. That is why he ended his career.

International

In total, Plassnegger played 53 times for the Austrian junior teams. On 6 October 2006, he also made his only appearance for the Austrian national team in a 2-1 friendly win against Liechtenstein in Vaduz.

Manager career

Plassnegger became coach of Grazer AK for the 2013/14 season. In September 2017, he became coach of second-division club SC Austria Lustenau. [1] After two years as coach of Lustenau, he resigned from his position in September 2019.

In March 2020, he became coach of Grazer AK for a second time.[2] GAK parted ways with Plassnegger in October 2021.[3] 2024 he became coach of SV Oberwart in the Regionalliga Ost (3rd tier).

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