Peter Pacult

Peter Pacult

Pacult with Rapid Wien in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth	(1959-10-28) 28 October 1959
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	SK Austria Klagenfurt (manager)
Youth career
1977–1981	Floridsdorfer AC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1984	Wiener SC	103	(47)
1984–1986	Rapid Wien	58	(26)
1986–1992	Swarovski Tirol	182	(105)
1992–1993	Stahl Linz	20	(5)
1993–1995	1860 Munich	53	(21)
1995–1996	FK Austria Wien	32	(2)
Total		448	(206)
National team
1982–1993	Austria	24	(1)
Teams managed
2001–2003	1860 Munich
2004–2005	FC Kärnten
2005–2006	Dynamo Dresden
2006–2011	Rapid Wien
2011–2012	RB Leipzig
2012–2013	Dynamo Dresden
2015	Floridsdorfer AC
2015	NK Zavrč
2017	HNK Cibalia
2017	Radnički Niš
2018	FK Kukësi
2019	OFK Titograd
2020–	SK Austria Klagenfurt
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Peter Pacult (born 28 October 1959) is an Austrian former professional footballer and current football manager. He is manager of Austria Klagenfurt in the Austrian Bundesliga.

Club career

Pacult started his career at Floridsdorfer AC before turning professional with Wiener Sportklub. His next team was the Austrian top club Rapid Wien. With the team he played in the UEFA Cup Winners Cup Final in 1985 against Everton. He moved on to Swarowski Tirol and won two league titles with FC Tirol Innsbruck. With Tirol he was top goal scorer in the 1990–91 European Cup alongside Jean-Pierre Papin. In 1993 he went to TSV 1860 Munich. His last club was the other big Vienna club FK Austria Wien in 1996.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in October 1982 against Northern Ireland. He was not part of the squad for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He played 24 matches and scored one goal. In November he played his last match against Sweden.

Coaching career

Pacult was head coach of 1860 Munich II from April 2001 to June 2001, after one year with FC Kärnten and Dynamo Dresden he became coach of Rapid Wien from 2006 till 2011. In this time fell the last title Rapid reached (2008). In 2011 he went on to RB Leipzig for one year. After short time with Dynamo Dresden and Floridsdorfer AC he spent the next years with clubs from former Yugoslavia. In 2020 he became coach of SK Austria Klagenfurt and was promoted with his team to Austrian Bundesliga.

Honours

Rapid Wien

• Austrian Cup: 1985

Swarovski Tirol

• Austrian Bundesliga: 1989, 1990
• Austrian Cup: 1989

Manager

Rapid Wien

• Austrian Bundesliga: 2008

Individual

• Top scorer Austrian Bundesliga: 1989 (26 goals)