Robert Ibertsberger

**Robert Ibertsberger** (born 20 January 1977) is an Austrian football manager and a former player. He is the brother of Andreas Ibertsberger. He had to retire in 2004 due to a serious knee injury.

As player he played for	SV Austria Salzburg, A.C. Venezia, SK Sturm Graz, FC Tirol Innsbruck and SC Untersiebenbrunn. He also played eight matches for the Austrian national football team.

## International statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Austria|1999|3|0|
|2000|1|0|||
|2001|4|0|||

## Coaching career

From 2006 till 2010 Ibertsberger coached the U15 and U16 team at the Red Bull Salzburg Academy. Then he worked till 2017 in the youth department of SV Ried. Robert Ibertsberger became assistant manager of Wolfsberger AC in 2017. 2018 he became manager of Wolfsberg and was manager until the end of the 2017–18 season. Then he left Wolfsberg and became assistant manager of FK Austria Wien. On 11 March 2019  Ibertsberger replaced Thomas Letsch. 2020 he became manager of SKN St. Pölten. After 13 months he was fired. In December 2021 he was named as new coach of SV Ried.  After only eleven matches he was dismissed and replaced by Christian Heinle.

## Honours

- Austrian Champion:  1997 (SV Austria Salzburg), 2002 (FC Tirol Innsbruck)

## Personal life

He is a trained plumber. After the end of his football career he became  physiotherapist. He is married and father of two sons. His son Lukas is playing for FC Liefering in the Austrian Second League.

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Robert Ibertsberger
- **birth place**: Neumarkt am Wallersee, Austria
- **height**: 1.79 m
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **youthclubs1**: FC Puch
- **youthclubs2**: BNZ Salzburg
- **youthclubs3**: SV Seekirchen
- **years1**: 1996–1999
- **clubs1**: SV Austria Salzburg, Austria Salzburg
- **caps1**: 70
- **goals1**: 4
- **years2**: 2000
- **clubs2**: A.C. Venezia, Venezia
- **caps2**: 4
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2000–2001
- **clubs3**: SK Sturm Graz, Sturm Graz
- **caps3**: 22
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2001–2002
- **clubs4**: FC Tirol Innsbruck, Tirol Innsbruck
- **caps4**: 14
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2003–2004
- **clubs5**: SC Untersiebenbrunn
- **nationalyears1**: 1999–2001
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 8
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 2006–2008
- **managerclubs1**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg (U15)
- **manageryears2**: 2008–2010
- **managerclubs2**: Red Bull Salzburg (U17)
- **manageryears3**: 2010–2011
- **managerclubs3**: SV Ried (U18)
- **manageryears4**: 2010–2017
- **managerclubs4**: SV Ried (staff)
- **manageryears5**: 2013
- **managerclubs5**: SV Ried (coach)
- **manageryears6**: 2017–2018
- **managerclubs6**: Wolfsberger AC (assistant)
- **manageryears7**: 2018
- **managerclubs7**: Wolfsberger AC (caretaker)
- **manageryears8**: 2018–2019
- **managerclubs8**: FK Austria Wien, Austria Wien (assistant)
- **manageryears9**: 2019
- **managerclubs9**: Austria Wien (caretaker)
- **manageryears10**: 2020–2021
- **managerclubs10**: SKN St. Pölten, St. Pölten
- **manageryears11**: 2022
- **managerclubs11**: SV Ried