Ferdinand Feldhofer

Ferdinand Feldhofer (born 23 October 1979 in Vorau) is an former Austrian footballer. Now he is football coach. He manages Rapid Vienna.
Career.
Feldhofer started his career with TuS Vorau and TSV Pöllau in Styria. Then he went on to Sturm Graz. With them he won the double in 1999. He moved then to Rapid Wien in 2002. He reached another league title with Rapid in 2005 and then left for Wacker Innsbruck. In summer 2008 returned to Sturm. 2013 he ended his career. Between 2002 and 2007 he also played 13 matches for the Austrian national football team.
In June 2012 he got the UEFA A Licence as manager. He worked the as coach for different youth teams. 2015 he became coach of SV Lafnitz in the Regionalliga. He became champion and was promoted to second league. In October 2019 Feldhofer acquired his UEFA Pro Licence. December 2019 he became coach of the Bundesligaside Wolfsberger AC. In the 2019-20 season they finished 3rd and played in the Europaleague where they reached the knock out stage. As there were discussions about the role of the key player Michael Lindl he resigned after the Cup loss versus LASK. Since 28th of November 2021 he is coach of SK Rapid Wien.