Reinhard Kienast is a retired Austria

Austria

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 player who played 14 seasons for Rapid Wien and 13 times for the Austria national football team

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Hailing from a genuine Rapid Wien family, he is the younger brother of former Rapid Wien player Wolfgang Kienast and uncle of current Austria international Roman Kienast

Roman Kienast

Roman Kienast is an Austrian football player who currently plays for SK Sturm Graz in Austria.-Club career:Kienast joined the youth team of Rapid Wien at the age of 14. He debuted in the club's first team in 2002. In the next two seasons, he made 24 appearances in the Austrian Football Bundesliga,...

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Club career

A versatile player, Kienast played predominantly in midfield for Rapid, but was also employed in defence or in attack. After his 14 seasons at Rapid, he moved to city rivals Favoritner AC. He finished his career with minor sides Süßenbrunn and SG FavAC Simmering. In 1993/1994 he became assistant-coach at Rapid.

He played a major part in the most successful of Rapid teams in the 1980-s, claiming the League crown four times and most prominently losing the UEFA Cup Winners Cup Final in 1985 against Everton

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. He skippered Rapid from 1989 through 1992 and was voted Austria Fan's Footballer of the Year in 1986.

International career

Kienast earned 13 caps for the Nationalmannschaft

Austria national football team

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 between 1983 and 1987, scoring 3 goals. In 1986 he scored two of those in a sensational 4–1 defeat of West Germany

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Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (4):
  • 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988
• Austrian Cup
  Austrian Cup
  The Austrian Cup, in German: ÖFB-Cup is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB.It has been held since 1919, with the exception of the time of the Anschluss between 1939 and 1945 and the period between 1950 and 1958 when the competition was deemed of...
  
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  • 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987

External links

• Player profile – Rapid Wien
• Kienast player stats – Rapid Fanclub