Heinz Arzberger

**Heinz Arzberger** (born 27 August 1972) is a retired Austrian professional footballer. He played as  goalkeeper. After his career he became goalkeeper coach for FC Red Bull Salzburg and FC Liefering.

## Career

Heinz Arzberger began his career at SC St. Michael im Lavanttal and later moved to Wolfsberger AC. With the team he played one year in the Second league. After the relegation he played very good in the Regionalliga Mitte he was transferred to SK Sturm Graz. He made his debut in the Austrian Bundesliga on 4 November 1995 under coach Ivica Osim . 1997  he was transferred to SV gerasdorf in the Second league. 1997 he moved to VSE St. Pölten together with Gerasdorf coach Kurt Garger. In the Lower Austrian capital, he developed into a top goalkeeper and also drew the attention of Bundesliga clubs with his performance.

On 1 July 1999 he moved to SV Austria Salzburg. There he was second  goalie behind Szabolcs Sáfár. After Sáfár's move to Spartak Moscow he became standard goalkeeper at Austria Salzburg.

With the takeover of Salzburg Sport AG by Red Bull GmbH and the signing of his dream player Alexander Manninger, Arzberger moved back into second place at the beginning of the 2005/06 season. When Manninger was injured in the fall, Arzberger was again standard goalie for the rest of the fall season. After Manninger's recovery he became again first goalkeeper. In the autumn season of 2006 Arzberger was only used  in the club's amateur team. In the 2008/09 season he played 13 championship games in the spring after Timo Ochs and then Eddie Gustafsson were injured. At the start of the 2009/10 season he was the backup goalkeeper for Eddie Gustafsson.

After this season, Heinz ended his professional goalkeeper career. From the 2010/11 season he sat on the bench as a substitute goalkeeper for Salzburg's second team in the Regionalliga West. After the end of his active career, he became a goalkeeper coach of FC Liefering.

## International

On 25 May 2004 he played his only game for the Austrian national football team versus Russia.

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="1"|Austria|2004|1|0|

## Honours

Austrian championː  2007, 2009, 2010

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Heinz Arzberger
- **full name**: Heinz Dieter Arzberger
- **image**: FC Liefering gegen SV Lafnitz (2023-05-19) 12.jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Arzberger  in 2023
- **birth place**: Wolfsberg, Austria
- **height**: 185 cm
- **currentclub**: FC Liefering (goalkeeper coach)
- **position**: Goalkeeper (association football), Goalkeeper
- **years1**: 1991 -1995
- **clubs1**: Wolfsberger AC
- **years2**: 1995-1997
- **clubs2**: SK Sturm Graz
- **caps2**: 9
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 1997
- **clubs3**: SV Gerasdorf
- **caps3**: 5
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 1997-1998
- **clubs4**: VSE St. Pölten
- **caps4**: 17
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 1999-2005
- **clubs5**: SV Austria Salzburg
- **caps5**: 95
- **goals5**: 0
- **years7**: 2005-2010
- **clubs7**: FC Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps7**: 39
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2006-2010
- **clubs8**: Red Bull Juniors
- **caps8**: 14
- **goals8**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2004
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 2010–2012
- **managerclubs1**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, FC Red Bull Salzburg youth (goalkeeper coach)
- **manageryears2**: 2012-
- **managerclubs2**: FC Liefering (goalkeeper coach)
- **pcupdate**: 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- **ntupdate**: 26 April 2024