Reinhold Hintermaier is a former Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

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Club career

Hintermaier started his professional career with SK VÖEST Linz

FC Linz

FC Linz was an Austrian football club based in Linz, Upper Austria. It was founded on 30 June 1946 as SV Eisen und Stahl 1946 Linz, a factory squad of the public VÖEST steel company...

 and won the Austrian Football Bundesliga title in his first season. After six years he moved to Germany to play for 1. FC Nuremberg with whom he lost the German Cup

DFB-Pokal

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 Final in 1982, Eintracht Braunschweig

Eintracht Braunschweig

Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:...

 and 1. FC Saarbrücken

1. FC Saarbrücken

1. FC Saarbrücken is a German association football club based in the city of Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club began its existence as the football department of Turnverein Malstatt formed in 1903...

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He retired in 1988 but curiously made a comeback four years later with Nuremberg where he had been youth team coach. After his second retirement, he became youth coach again at Nuremberg and Greuther Fürth

SpVgg Greuther Fürth

SpVgg Greuther Fürth is a German association football club based in Fürth, Bavaria. The club was formed when the senior football side of newcomer Turn- und Sportverein Vestenbergsgreuth joined traditional club Spielvereinigung Fürth on 1 July 1996...

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International career

He earned 15 caps for the Austria national football team

Austria national football team

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 between 1978 and 1982 and played in the 1982 FIFA World Cup

1982 FIFA World Cup

The 1982 FIFA World Cup, the 12th FIFA World Cup, was held in Spain from 13 June to 11 July. The tournament was won by Italy, after defeating West Germany 3–1 in the final.-Host selection:...

, where he scored a goal in the second round match against Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland national football team

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Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (1):
  • 1973–74

External links

• Reinhold Hintermaier at FLZ
• German Reinhold Hintermaier at Fussballportal