Peter Pacult (born 28 October 1959) is an Austrian former professional footballer and current football manager. He is manager of Austria Klagenfurt in the Austrian Bundesliga.

Club career

Pacult started his career at Floridsdorfer AC before turning professional with Wiener Sportklub. His next team was the Austrian top club Rapid Wien. With the team he played in the UEFA Cup Winners Cup Final in 1985 against Everton. He moved on to Swarowski Tirol and won two league titles with FC Tirol Innsbruck. With Tirol he was top goal scorer in the 1990–91 European Cup alongside Jean-Pierre Papin. In 1993 he went to TSV 1860 Munich. His last club was the other big Vienna club FK Austria Wien in 1996.

Peter Pacult

International career

He made his debut for Austria in October 1982 against Northern Ireland. He was not part of the squad for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He played 24 matches and scored one goal. In November he played his last match against Sweden.

Peter Pacult

Coaching career

Pacult was head coach of 1860 Munich II from April 2001 to June 2001, after one year with FC Kärnten and Dynamo Dresden he became coach of Rapid Wien from 2006 till 2011. In this time fell the last title Rapid reached (2008). In 2011 he went on to RB Leipzig for one year. After short time with Dynamo Dresden and Floridsdorfer AC he spent the next years with clubs from former Yugoslavia. In 2020 he became coach of SK Austria Klagenfurt and was promoted with his team to Austrian Bundesliga.

Peter Pacult

Honours

Rapid Wien

Austrian Cup: 1985

Swarovski Tirol

Austrian Bundesliga: 1989, 1990

Austrian Cup: 1989

Manager

Rapid Wien

Austrian Bundesliga: 2008

Individual

Top scorer Austrian Bundesliga: 1989 (26 goals)

References

1959 births

Living people

Austrian footballers

Austrian football managers

Players of the Austrian national football team

RB Leipzig managers

Floridsdorfer AC managers

SK Rapid Wien managers

TSV 1860 Munich managers

Austrian football forwards

Austrian Football Bundesliga top scorers