Willibald Ruttensteiner

Willibald "Willi" Ruttensteiner (born 12 November 1962) is an Austrian businessman and football administrator and manager who serves as head coach of the Israel national team as well as the head of the youth development program "Project12". Following the resignation of Dietmar Constantini in September 2011, Ruttensteiner was acting trainer of the Austria national team^[1] for two games. In the two games he managed a win and a tie.

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Willie Ruttensteiner

Ruttensteiner in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	(1962-11-12) 12 November 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	Steyr, Austria
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Union Wolfern
	SK Amateure Steyr [de]
	Union Vöcklamarkt [de]
	FC Union Wels [de]
Managerial career
1993–1995	ATSV Sattledt [de]
1995–1996	FC Linz U18 (trainer)
1996–1997	FC Linz (co-trainer)
1997–1998	FC Linz
1998–1999	LASK (sports director)
1998–1999	Upper Austria (youth manager)
1999–2001	Austria Football Association (sports coordinator and U21 trainer)
2001–2006	Austria Football Association (sports director and U21 trainer)
2005, 2011	Austria (trainer)
2006–2018	Austria Football Association (sports director)
2018–2020	Israel Football Association (sports director)
2020–2022	Israel
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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He was also responsible for the signing of national coach Marcel Koller, who was controversial in the beginning and later very successful.^[2]

Ruttensteiner was born in Steyr, Austria. He is Christian.^[3]

• 1993 – 1995: ATSV Sattledt [de] (Champion 1993/1994)
• 1995 – 1996: U18-trainer FC Linz (Austrian Champion)
• 1996 – 1997: Co-Trainer FC Linz (Champion under Heinz Hochhauser)
• 1997 – 1998: Head coach FC Linz^[4]
• 1998 – 1999: Sports director LASK Linz and youth manager of the Upper Austrian Football Association
• 1999 – 2001: ÖFB sports coordinator and U21-Trainer
• 2001 – 2006: ÖFB sports director and U21-Trainer
• since 2006: ÖFB sports director
• October 2005: Responsible for training the Austria national football team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification games against England and Northern Ireland^[5]
• September – November 2011: Responsible for training the Austria national football team in the European Championship qualification games against Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.
• June 2018: Israel Football Association sports director (under Israel's head coach and Austrian manager Andi Herzog)
• July 2020: Israel head coach

• Union Wolfern
• SK Amateure Steyr [de]
• Union Vöcklamarkt [de]
• FC Union Wels [de]

As of Match played 26 March 2022