Kurt Garger

Kurt Garger (born 15 September 1960 in Strem, Burgenland) is a former Austrian football player. He played as defender. After the end of his active career he was football coach.
Career 
Kurt Garger spent his youth at SV Güssing until 1979. Then he moved to SK Rapid Wien. He stayed there until 1989 and played 254 league games, 36 cup games and 38 international games for the club. In 1994 he returned to Rapid for one season.  After four league titles and five cup successes, he moved to FC Tirol. There  he won two league titles and one cup. His next stop was SV Austria Salzburg, where he won a league title. The highlights of his playing career were the two European cup finals (1985 European Cup Winners' Cup with Rapid and 1994 UEFA Cup Final with SV Austria Salzburg). He ended his active career as a player-coach at SV Gerasdorf.
International 
Although he won many titles, he only played once for the Austrian national team. On 13 November 1991 he played in a 0-2 loss versus Yugoslavia . ÖFB Players profile 
Career statistics 
International 
Transfermarkt.at 
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsAustria199110Total 1 0
Manager 
After his playing career, he coached various Austrian clubs (SV Gerasdorf, Admira/Wacker, Vienna, SC Eisenstadt, SC-ESV Parndorf 1919, TSV Hartberg). In Germany he coached  FSV Frankfurt  and in Slovakia he was manager of DAC Dunajská Streda. From 2012 to 2016, he served as sporting director at Vienna, also taking over the coaching position in the 2013/14 season. After one season at SV Stripfing, he moved to the Chinese second-division club Yunnan Flying Tigers in 2017. His last coaching position was at SC Herzogenburg.
Honours 
4x Austrian Champion (1982, 1983, 1987, 1988) with SK Rapid 
2x Austrian Champion (1989, 1990) with FC Tirol
1x Austrian Champion (1994) with SV Austria Salzburg
5x Austrian Cup Winner (1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1995) with SK Rapid Vienna
1x Austrian Cup Winner (1989) with FC Tirol
1x European Cup Winners' Cup Final (1985) with SK Rapid Vienna
1x UEFA Cup Final (1994) with SV Austria Salzburg

 References 

Category:1960 births
Category:Living people
Category:Austrian footballers
Category:Players of the Austrian national football team
Category:SK Rapid Wien players
Category:Association football defenders
Category:Austrian football managers
Category:Austrian football defenders
Category:Austrian football champions
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players