Gernot Plassnegger

Gernot Plassnegger (born 23 March 1978 in Leoben) is a former Austrian football player. He played as defender. He also played one match for the Austrian national football team.  After the end of his career he became coach.
Career 
Plassnegger began his career at his hometown club, FC Trofaiach. Via ASVÖ FC Puchhe moved to Austria Salzburg at the age of 19. There, he won the Austrian championship in his second season under coach Heribert Weber. In 1998  Plassnegger moved to Austria Vienna. He played there for two and a half years. During the winter break of the 2000/01 season he signed with 1. FC Saarbrücken .

He played a powerful second half of the season and went to the Bundesligaclub VfL Wolfsburg. However, he was unable to establish himself. He was loaned back to SV Waldhof Mannheim in the 2. Bundesliga. There, the Styrian was particularly impressive as a striker, scoring ten goals in 26 league matches. 2003 he went Hansa Rostock. However, after failing to secure a regular place  he returned to Austria after a total of three and a half years in Germany.

He signed with GAK. In the spring of 2006, Plassnegger left GAK due to unpaid wages. He moved to SK Rapid  in June.  He then moved to SK Austria Kärnten in 2007. For the 2008/09 season, Gernot Plassenegger signed for three years with Greek first division club Ergotelis. He left Greece after one season and moved to FC Admira Wacker Mödling. During this time he achieved promotion to the Bundesliga and qualification for the UEFA Europa League. For Admira he played  139 matches. After five years the contract was not renewed in 2013. That is why he ended his career.

International 
In total, Plassnegger played 53 times for the Austrian junior teams. On 6 October 2006, he also made his only appearance for the Austrian national team in a 2-1 friendly win against Liechtenstein in Vaduz.
International statistics
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+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoals  Austria200610Total 10

Manager career 
Plassnegger became coach of Grazer AK for the 2013/14 season. In September 2017, he became coach of second-division club SC Austria Lustenau. Austria Lustenau Homepage (German) After two years as coach of Lustenau, he resigned from his position in September 2019. 

In March 2020, he became coach of Grazer AK for a second time.GAK Homepage (German)  GAK parted ways with Plassnegger in October 2021.GAK Homepage (German)  2024 he became coach of SV Oberwart  in the Regionalliga Ost (3rd tier).

 References 

Category:1978 births
Category:Living people
Category:Austrian footballers
Category:SK Rapid Wien players
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Category:Austrian football defenders
Category:Austrian football champions
Category:FK Austria Wien players
Category:Austrian football managers
Category:Players of the Austrian national football team