Willibald Ruttensteiner

Willibald "Willi" Ruttensteiner is an Austrian businessman and football administrator and manager who serves as head coach of the [Israel national association football|football team|Israel national team] as well as the head of the youth development program "Project12". Following the resignation of Dietmar Constantini in September 2011, Ruttensteiner was acting trainer of the Austria national 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.

Early life

Ruttensteiner was born in Steyr, Austria. He is Christian.

1993 – 1995:
1995 – 1996: U18-trainer FC Linz
1996 – 1997: Co-Trainer FC Linz
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.
June 2018: Israel Football Association sports director
July 2020: Israel head coach