Reinhold Hintermaier


Reinhold Hintermaier is an Austrian former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Hintermaier was born in Altheim. He started his professional career with SK VÖEST Linz and won the Austrian Football Bundesliga title in his first season. After six years he moved to Germany to play for 1. FC Nürnberg with whom he lost the German Cup Final in 1982, Eintracht Braunschweig and 1. FC Saarbrücken.
He retired in 1988 but curiously made a comeback four years later with Nürnberg where he had been youth team coach. After his second retirement, he became youth coach again at Nürnberg and Greuther Fürth.

International career

He earned 15 caps for the Austria national team between 1978 and 1982 and played in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where he scored a goal in the second round match against Northern Ireland.

Honours

VÖEST Linz