Daniel Beichler

**Daniel Beichler** (born 13 October 1988) is an Austrian former professional footballer. He played as a striker for different teams mainly in Austria and Germany.  He also played for the Austrian national football team.

## Career

Beichler began his football career as a child at SV Grambach. In 1995 he moved to the U-8 youth team of SK Sturm Graz. He played for SK Sturm Graz II and in 2007 on loan for Reggina Calcio. He did not make any Serie A appearances. In 2007 SK Sturm brought him back to Graz. Beichler made his debut in the Austrian Bundesliga on 24 November 2007 against SCR Altach. He came on as a substitute for Mario Haas in the 86th minute In this match he scored his first Bundesliga goal. On 19 July 2010, Beichler signed a four-year contract with German Bundesliga relegated team Hertha BSC  He has not played for the club due to injuries. During the winter break of the 2010/11 season he moved to FC St. Gallen on loan.

At the beginning of the 2011/12 season, Beichler was loaned to MSV Duisburg in the 2nd Bundesliga for one year.   After the end of this loan he went also on loan from Hertha BSC to SV Ried.  Beichler returned to Hertha BSC for the 2012/13 season. At the end of January 2013, Beichler was loaned out to   SV Sandhausen until the end of the 2012/13 season in order to gain more match practice.

Beichler returned to SK Sturm Graz for the 2013/14 season. He signed a two-year contract until 30 June 2015 with an option for a further year. He joined SKN St. Pölten in the Austrian Football First League for the start of the 2015–16 season.  In July 2017, Beichler announced the end of his career as a professional footballer due to knee problems.

## International

Beichler played for Austrias  U-17, U-18, U-19, U-20 and  U-21 teams. On March 18, 2009, he was called up to the senior national team squad for the World Cup qualifier against Romania for the first time.

On 18  March  2009, he was called up to the senior national team squad for the World Cup qualifier against Romania . He made his debut in this match on 1 April 2009. He played 5 matches for Austria without scoring a goal.

## Manager

From January 2017, Daniel Beichler worked as a trainer in the youth sector. He coached at the youth level at JAZ GU-Süd, the Styrian cooperation club of FC Red Bull Salzburg. In July 2020 he moved to the Salzburg.  There he worked as a youth coach. From July 2022 he trained the U-18 team at the Salzburg Academy.  In April 2024  he became the interim coach of the second division team FC Liefering. Onur Cinel, the head coach of Liefering, became caretaker at FC Red Bull Salzburg.  Because Cinel stayed in the staff of Red Bull Salzburg, Beichler was promoted to head coach of FC Liefering.

## Honours

Austrian Cupː 2010

## Career statistics

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|rowspan="2"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|Sturm Graz|2006–07|rowspan="4"|Austrian Bundesliga|2|0|0|0|—|2|0|||
|2007–08|6|1|—|—|6|1||||||||
|2008–09|27|9|4|3|4|1|35|13||||||
|2009–10|29|11|6|1|11|4|46|16||||||
|rowspan="3"|Hertha BSC II|2010–11|Regionalliga Nord|4|1|—|—|4|1|||||
|2012–13|Regionalliga Nordost|3|1|—|—|3|1|||||||
|rowspan="3"|Hertha BSC|2010–11|rowspan="2"|2. Bundesliga|0|0|0|0|—|0|0|||
|2012–13|1|0|0|0|—|1|0|||||||
|St. Gallen (loan)|2010–11|Super League|7|0|0|0|—|7|0|||||
|MSV Duisburg (loan)|2011–12|2. Bundesliga|1|0|1|0|—|2|0|||||
|SV Ried (loan)|2011–12|Austrian Bundesliga|26|4|4|0|0|0|30|4||||
|SV Sandhausen (loan)|2012–13|2. Bundesliga|7|0|0|0|—|7|0|||||
|rowspan="3"|Sturm Graz|2013–14|rowspan="2"|Austrian Bundesliga|33|10|4|0|1|0|38|10||
|2014–15|21|3|3|2|—|24|5|||||||
|Sturm Graz (A)|2014–15|Austrian Regional League Central|2|1|—|—|2|1||||||
|SKN St. Pölten|2015–16|First League|13|0|2|0|—|15|0|||||

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Daniel Beichler
- **image**: Daniel Beichler - SK Sturm Graz.jpg
- **caption**: Beichler with SK Sturm Graz, Sturm Graz in 2009
- **birth place**: Graz, Austria
- **height**: 1.83 m
- **position**: Striker (association football), Striker
- **currentclub**: FC Liefering (caretaker manager)
- **youthclubs1**: SV Grambach, Grambach
- **youthyears2**: 1996–2006
- **youthclubs2**: SK Sturm Graz, Sturm Graz
- **years1**: 2006–2010
- **clubs1**: SK Sturm Graz, Sturm Graz
- **caps1**: 64
- **goals1**: 21
- **years2**: 2007
- **clubs2**: → Reggina Calcio, Reggina (loan)
- **caps2**: 0
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2010–2013
- **clubs3**: Hertha BSC II
- **caps3**: 7
- **goals3**: 2
- **years4**: 2010–2013
- **clubs4**: Hertha BSC
- **caps4**: 1
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2011
- **clubs5**: → FC St. Gallen, St. Gallen (loan)
- **caps5**: 7
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2011
- **clubs6**: → MSV Duisburg (loan)
- **caps6**: 1
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2011–2012
- **clubs7**: → SV Ried (loan)
- **caps7**: 26
- **goals7**: 4
- **years8**: 2013
- **clubs8**: → SV Sandhausen (loan)
- **caps8**: 7
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 2013–2015
- **clubs9**: SK Sturm Graz, Sturm Graz
- **caps9**: 54
- **goals9**: 13
- **years10**: 2014–2015
- **clubs10**: SK Sturm Graz, Sturm Graz (A)
- **caps10**: 2
- **goals10**: 1
- **years11**: 2015–2017
- **clubs11**: SKN St. Pölten
- **caps11**: 13
- **goals11**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 182
- **totalgoals**: 41
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national under-17 football team, Austria U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 12
- **nationalgoals1**: 3
- **nationalteam2**: Austria national under-18 football team, Austria U18
- **nationalcaps2**: 3
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2005–2007
- **nationalteam3**: Austria national under-19 football team, Austria U19
- **nationalcaps3**: 14
- **nationalgoals3**: 4
- **nationalyears4**: 2008
- **nationalteam4**: Austria national under-20 football team, Austria U20
- **nationalcaps4**: 4
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **nationalyears5**: 2008–2009
- **nationalteam5**: Austria national under-21 football team, Austria U21
- **nationalcaps5**: 3
- **nationalgoals5**: 2
- **nationalyears6**: 2009–2010
- **nationalteam6**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps6**: 5
- **nationalgoals6**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 2017–2020
- **managerclubs1**: JAZ GU-Süd
- **manageryears2**: 2017
- **managerclubs2**: SV Pirka-Windorf (assistance coach)
- **manageryears3**: 2020
- **managerclubs3**: SC Kalsdorf  (assistance coach)
- **manageryears4**: 2020-2021
- **managerclubs4**: FC Red Bull Salzburg (youth)
- **manageryears5**: 2021
- **managerclubs5**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, FC Red Bull Salzburg Academy (U16 assistance coach)
- **manageryears6**: 2021-2022
- **managerclubs6**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, FC Red Bull Salzburg Academy (U16)
- **manageryears7**: 2022-2024
- **managerclubs7**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, FC Red Bull Salzburg Academy (U18)
- **manageryears8**: 2024
- **managerclubs8**: FC Liefering (caretaker manager)