Willibald Ruttensteiner

Willibald "Willi" Ruttensteiner (born 12 November 1962 in Steyr, Upper Austria) is Sports Director of the Austrian Football Association (German: Österreichischer Fußball-Bund, ÖFB) and head of the youth development program "Project12". Following the resignation of Dietmar Constantini in September 2011, Ruttensteiner was acting trainer of the Austria national football team for two games. In the two games he managed a win and a tie. He was also responsible for the signing of national coach Marcel Koller, who was controversial in the beginning and later very successful.

Career as manager

• 1993 – 1995: ATSV Sattledt (Champion 1993/1994)
• 1995 – 1996: U18-Trainer FC Linz (Austrian Champion)
• 1996 – 1997: Co-Trainer FC Linz (Champion under Heinz Hochhauser)
• 1997 – 1998: Head Coach FC Linz
• 1998 – 1999: Sports Director LASK Linz and Youth Manager of the Upper Austrian Football Association
• 1999 – 2001: ÖFB Sports Coordinator and U21-Trainer
• 2001 – 2006: ÖFB Sports Director and U21-Trainer
• since 2006: ÖFB Sports Director
• October 2005: Responsible for training the Austria national football team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification games against England and Northern Ireland
• September – November 2011: Responsible for training the Austria national football team in the European Championship qualification games against Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.

• Gossmann, Gerald (2015-10-12). "Der PowerPoint-Willi" (in German). Zeit. Retrieved 2016-03-11. 
• "Bilanz des Interimchefs" (in German). Wiener Zeitung. 2005-10-13. Retrieved 2016-03-11. 

Career as a player

• Union Wolfern
• SK Amateure Steyr
• Union Vöcklamarkt
• FC Union Wels