Herfried Sabitzer

**Herfried Sabitzer** (born 19 October 1969) is a retired Austrian football player who represented the Austria national team.

## Club career

He started with the local club SC St. Georgen/Judenburg . His professional career started at Alpine Donawitz. There he scored 9 goals  in his debut Bundesliga season. In 1991, he went to SV Casino Salzburg. In 1993, he moved to LASK Linz. In 1995, he joined Grazer AK and scored 15 goals in the 1997/1998 season. It was his personal record. Then he moved back back to Salzburg. During the 2000/2001 season he went on to play for Second division side Bad Bleiberg and half a season later he moved on to SV Mattersburg. This was his last professional season. He scored 12 goals and  Mattersburg was promoted to the Austrian Football Bundesliga. After that he played for lower class clubs till 2012.

## International career

He made his debut for Austria in 1992. He played 6 matches and scored one goal. His final international game was on 18 March 1997 in a friendly match against Slovenia.

## International statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Austria|1992|3|0|
|1995|1|1|||
|1996|1|0|||
|1997|1|0|||

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

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|26 April 1995|Lehener Stadion, Salzburg, Austria||3-0|7-0|UEFA Euro 1996 qualification||||||||

## Personal life

He is the father of footballer Marcel Sabitzer. His son also plays for the national football team. His nephew Thomas Sabitzer is also professional footballer.

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Herfried Sabitzer
- **fullname**: Herfried Sabitzer
- **birth place**: Judenburg, Austria
- **position**: striker (football), Striker
- **youthclubs1**: SC St. Georgen/Judenburg
- **years1**: 1990–1991
- **years2**: 1991–1993
- **years3**: 1994–1995
- **years4**: 1995–1998
- **years5**: 1998–2000
- **years6**: 2001
- **years7**: 2001–2003
- **clubs1**: DSV Leoben, Alpine Donawitz
- **clubs2**: SV Austria Salzburg, SV Casino Salzburg
- **clubs3**: LASK Linz
- **clubs4**: Grazer AK
- **clubs5**: SV Austria Salzburg
- **clubs6**: BSV Bad Bleiberg
- **clubs7**: SV Mattersburg
- **caps1**: 32
- **goals1**: 9
- **caps2**: 72
- **goals2**: 19
- **caps3**: 41
- **goals3**: 11
- **caps4**: 88
- **goals4**: 32
- **caps5**: 51
- **goals5**: 8
- **caps6**: 11
- **goals6**: 7
- **caps7**: 38
- **goals7**: 19
- **totalcaps**: 333
- **totalgoals**: 105
- **nationalyears1**: 1992–1997
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 6
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **manageryears1**: 2005–2006
- **managerclubs1**: Grazer AK (Youth)
- **manageryears2**: 9/07-11/07
- **managerclubs2**: SC Kalsdorf
- **manageryears3**: 2010-2012
- **managerclubs3**: Grazer AK (Assistance coach)
- **manageryears4**: 2011–2012
- **managerclubs4**: TuS Greinbach
- **manageryears5**: 2013
- **managerclubs5**: DSV Leoben (Assistance coach)
- **manageryears6**: 2013
- **managerclubs6**: SV Gralla
- **manageryears7**: 2014
- **managerclubs7**: SV Gralla (Assistance coach)
- **manageryears8**: 2018
- **managerclubs8**: TSV Hartberg (Youth)
- **manageryears9**: 2019-2020
- **managerclubs9**: TuS Greinbach II