Attila Sekerlioglu Explained

Attila Sekerlioglu
Birth Date:27 January 1965
Birth Place:Vienna, Austria
Height:1.85 m
Position:Defender, midfielder
Youthclubs1:Elektra Vienna
Years1:1985–1987
Clubs1:Austria Wien
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Years2:1988–1995
Clubs2:Austria Wien
Caps2:173
Goals2:7
Years3:1995
Clubs3:FC Tirol Innsbruck
Caps3:16
Goals3:0
Years4:1995–1998
Clubs4:St Johnstone
Caps4:41
Goals4:7
Years5:1998–2001
Clubs5:SC Untersiebenbrunn
Years6:2001–2002
Clubs6:FC Oslip
Manageryears1:2002–2003
Managerclubs1:Maccabi Vienna
Manageryears2:2003–2004
Managerclubs2:SC Himberg
Manageryears3:2005
Managerclubs3:SV Horn
Manageryears4:2005–2007
Managerclubs4:ASK Schwadorf
Manageryears5:2008
Managerclubs5:VfB Admira Wacker Mödling
Manageryears6:2009
Managerclubs6:Tema Youth
Manageryears7:2010
Managerclubs7:Berekum Chelsea
Manageryears8:2011–2012

Attila Sekerlioglu (born 27 January 1965) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. After retiring, he moved into management. He has most recently been manager of Austrian club SV Stockerau. He is now a scout for Bayern Munich.

Club career

During his career he played for Elektra Vienna, Austria Vienna (1988–1995),[1] VSE St. Pölten, FC Tirol Innsbruck (1995), St Johnstone (1995–1998), SC Untersiebenbrunn and FC Oslip.[2]

Coaching career

Since retirement, he has moved into coaching and management, in the early 2000s, Sekerlioglu managed Maccabi Vienna, SC Himberg and, until January 2005, SV Horn. Sekerlioglu was appointed manager of ASK Schwadorf, then in the Austrian Regionalliga (Austrian third-tier), in 2005.[3] Schwadorf hosted English giants Arsenal in a pre-season friendly on 31 July 2006. The visitors won 8–1.[4]

Sekerlioglu guided ASK Schwadorf to the championship Austrian Regionalliga East in 2006–07, thus seeing the club promoted for the fifth time in six years, after winning 22 of their 30 league games, but he was fired in August 2007 after the club failed to win their first two games of the 2007–08 season.[5]

He went on to manage VfB Admira Wacker Mödling during the 2007–08 season, but was dismissed in April 2008. He signed for Ghanaian Premier League side Tema Youth in early 2009, but left at the end of the season. He remained in Ghana to become manager of Berekum Chelsea in October 2010.[6]

On 22 August 2011, he was named as head coach of the Austrian Landesliga side SV Stockerau, before leaving the following year to take up his current role with Bayern Munich.

In November 2014, it was reported that he is one of the coaches who applied for India U17 job to manage in 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[7]

Personal life

Sekerlioglu of Turkish descent.[8]

His brother, Cem, is also a footballer. He has a son, also named Attila.

In October 2013, he paid a visit to his former club St Johnstone where he remains well loved and his celebration fondly remembered. He Tweeted the fans that he is returning again in December 2018.[9]

Honours

As a player

Austria Wien

As a manager

ASK Schwadorf

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.austria-archiv.at/spieler.php?Spieler_ID=229&Expand_all=true#Saisonen Austria Archive Profile
  2. http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil.php?id=52088 Profile
  3. http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil.php?id=52088 Attila Sekerlioglu
  4. http://www.arsenal.com/matchreport.asp?thisNav=fixtures&fxid=302910 Arsenal.com
  5. http://www.fotoblitz.at/fotos/trainer/attila/1/ Fotoblitz Photo gallery
  6. http://ghanasoccernet.com/2010/10/austrian-sekerlioglu-handed-b-chelsea-job/ "Austrian Sekerlioglu handed B.Chelsea job"
  7. News: Top coaches vie for India job. The Times of India. 18.
  8. Web site: Turkish News - Latest News from Turkey.
  9. http://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/newsitemsdetail.php?param=2717 "Dino Drops in to Visit His Former Club"