Gerald Scheiblehner

Gerald Scheiblehner (born 25 February 1977) is an Austrian football manager and former player. He currently coaches Blau-Weiß Linz.

Gerald Scheiblehner
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-02-25) 25 February 1977
Place of birth Linz, Austria
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Blau-Weiß Linz (manager)
Youth career
1983-1996 VOEST Linz
1995-1996 SC Marchtrenk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2001 Austria Wien II 28 (2)
1998 Austria Wien 1 (0)
2000–2001 →ASKÖ Donau Linz (loan) 34 (1)
2001–2003 Eintracht Wels 39 (8)
2003 Vöcklabruck 0 (0)
2003–2009 Wallern 82 (3)
Managerial career
2010–2014 ASKÖ Donau Linz
2014–2015 Union St. Florian
2015–2019 Vorwärts Steyr
2019–2021 Juniors OÖ
2021– Blau-Weiß Linz
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Player

Scheiblehner is a youth product of VOEST Linz and SC Marchtrenk. He had a stint as a professional footballer with Austria Wien, where he mostly played for their reserves. He had a short loan with ASKÖ Donau Linz, before moving to Eintracht Wels in 2021. After a short stint with Vöcklabruck, he finished his career with Wallern from 2003 to 2009.[1]

Manager

After he ended his playing career, he became coach and sporting of ASKÖ Donau Linz in the Austrian Landesliga. He caught attention for strong league finishes and youth development in his 4 years there. In 2014 he became coach of Union St. Florian in the Austrian Regionalliga. From 2015 to 2019 he trained SK Vorwärts Steyr. In 2017–18 the club was promoted to the 2. Liga after coming 3rd in the league and winning the playoffs, and extended his contract until 2020.[2] In 2019, he became coach of Juniors OÖ in the 2. Liga.[3] On 18 June 2021, he moved to Blau-Weiß Linz.[4] He helped Blau-Weiß Linz win the 2022–23 Austrian Football Second League, was named coach of the season in the division, and earned them promotion to the Austrian Football Bundesliga.[5][6]

Personal life

Apart from football, Scheiblehner has a part-time job with the Österreichische Gesundheitskasse (English: "Austrian Health Insurance Fund"), where he works 8 hours a week from his home office.[7]

Honours

Blau-Weiß Linz

References
  1. "Austria Wien Archiv - Die Online Statistik". www.austria-archiv.at.
  2. "Trainerteam und Kapitän bleiben beim SK Vorwärts". nachrichten.at.
  3. "Neues Trainerduo beim FC Juniors OÖ". June 14, 2019.
  4. "Neuer Trainer beim Stahlstadtklub". June 18, 2021.
  5. "FC Blau-Weiß Linz-Trainer Scheiblehner: "Glauben fest an Meistertitel"". 2. Liga | ligaportal. June 2, 2023.
  6. Leblhuber, Georg (June 26, 2023). "Der Meistermacher ist in Bundesliga eine Ausnahme". Kronen Zeitung.
  7. "Gerald Scheiblehner: Der Bundesliga-Trainer mit dem Nebenjob". www.laola1.at.


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