Alfred Hörtnagl

Alfred Hörtnagl (* 24 September 1966 in Matrei am Brenner) is a former Austrian football player.

## Career

At the age of 19 years he made made his debut for the first team of  SSW Innsbruck in the Bundesliga. Hörtnagl played in the last seven games of the 1984/85 season. In the following years, he was a key player for the team. Especially under Ernst Happel he played a crucial role in FC Swarovski Tirol's great successes – the double in 1989 and the league title in 1990. Hörtnagl celebrated another national title in the 1992/93 season, winning the cup. Under the new coach Horst Köppel, Hörtnagl was no longer part of FC Tirol's squad. In the autumn, he joined Rapid, but was not truly happy in Vienna. He moved to SK Sturm Graz for two years. In the summer of 1996, he  moved to Greece. After one yearhe moved on to Cyprus.

In the winter of 1997/98, when FC Tirol Innsbruck was in a severe sporting crisis, Peter Koncilia brought him back to Austria. Under coach Cipro and later under Kurt Jara, he became one of the best defensive midfielders in Austria. He was a key player in FC Tirol Innsbruck's great successes from 2000 to 2002. After the club's bankruptcy in the summer of 2002, he and Robert Wazinger were the only members of the championship-winning team to contribute to the fresh start as FC Wacker Tirol. Within two years, they managed to return to the Bundesliga. In the 2004/05 season, Alfred Hörtnagl also served as sporting director and player. Due to differing opinions about the future of FC Wacker Tirol, he and Wacker Tirol parted ways at the end of the 2004/05 season. In the summer of 2005 he ended his active career as a professional footballer after 20 years.

## International

He debuted on 31 May 1989 in a 4-1 win versus Norway. With the Austrian national team, he qualified for the 1990 World Cup in Italy.  No longer selected by coaches Dietmar Constantini, Ernst Happel  and Herbert Prohaska, he made a comeback under Otto Barić in 1999 and made a few appearances.

## International statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Austria|1989|6|0|
|1990|9|1|||
|1991|4|0|||
|1999|1|0|||
|2000|2|0|||
|2001|5|0|||

- _Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hörtnagl goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|28 March 1990|Estadio La Rosaleda, Malaga,  Spain||1-2|3-2|Friendly match||||||||

## Honours

- 5 × Austrian champion: 1989, 1990 (FC Swarovski Tirol) 2000, 2001, 2002 (FC Tirol Innsbruck)
- 3 × Austrian Cup: 1989 (FC Swarovski Tirol), 1993 (FC Wacker Innsbruck), 1996 (SK Sturm Graz)
- Participation in the 1990 FIFA World Cup
- 27 matches for the   ÖFB

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Alfred Hörtnagl
- **image**: Alfred Hörtnagl - SK Rapid Wien (2).jpg
- **fullname**: Alfred Hörtnagl
- **birth place**: Matrei am Brenner, Austria
- **height**: 182 cm
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1973-1981
- **youthclubs1**: SV Matrei am Brenner
- **youthyears2**: 1981-1984
- **youthclubs2**: FC Wacker Innsbruck
- **years1**: 1984-1993
- **years2**: 1993-1994
- **years3**: 1994-1996
- **years4**: 1996-1997
- **years5**: 1997-1998
- **years6**: 2002-2005
- **years7**: 1988
- **years8**: 1989
- **clubs1**: FC Wacker Innsbruck
- **clubs2**: SK Rapid Wien
- **clubs3**: SK Sturm Graz
- **clubs4**: AO Kavala
- **clubs5**: APOEL Nikosia
- **clubs6**: FC Tirol Innsbruck
- **clubs7**: FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002), FC Wacker Innsbruck
- **caps1**: 218
- **goals1**: 18
- **caps2**: 24
- **goals2**: 2
- **caps3**: 16
- **goals3**: 1
- **caps4**: 25
- **goals4**: 5
- **caps5**: 8
- **goals5**: 2
- **caps6**: 128
- **goals6**: 10
- **nationalyears1**: 1989-2001
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 27
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **manageryears1**: 2004- 2005
- **manageryears2**: 2006-2011
- **manageryears3**: 2011-2012
- **manageryears4**: 2013-2015
- **manageryears5**: 2015-2019
- **managerclubs1**: FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002), FC Wacker Innsbruck Athletic Director
- **managerclubs2**: SK Rapid Wien Athletic Director
- **managerclubs3**: SpVgg Greuther Fürth  Junior coordinator
- **managerclubs4**: FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt Sports Director
- **managerclubs5**: FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002), FC Wacker Innsbruck Athletic Director