Hans Leitert is an Austrian goalkeeping

Goalkeeper (football)

In association football, the goalkeeper occupies a position that represents the last line of defence between the opponent's offence and his own team's goal. The primary role of the goalkeeper is to defend his team's goal and prevent the opposition from scoring a goal...

 coach

Coach (sport)

In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...

. He has coached at VfB Mödling, SK Rapid Vienna, FK Austria Vienna, the Austria national under-21 team

Austria national under-21 football team

The Austria national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Austria and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association....

, Panathinaikos

Panathinaikos FC

Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...

 and Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

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. He joined Tottenham in May 2008 from Recreativo de Huelva

Recreativo de Huelva

Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, it is the oldest football team in Spain, and currently plays in the second division, holding home games at Estadio Nuevo Colombino, which has a...

, replacing Hans Segers

Hans Segers

Johannes Segers is a Dutch goalkeeper, who spent most of his playing career in England.-Career:Segers was born in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant. His early career was with home-town club PSV Eindhoven, before being signed for Nottingham Forest by Brian Clough during the 1983-84 season...

, who left the club in October 2007 following Juande Ramos's appointment as manager. He left when Ramos himself was sacked in November 2008.

In July 2010 Hans Leitert takes over his new position as head of goalkeeping development at FC Red Bull for all Red Bull’s football clubs (Salzburg/Austria, New York/USA, Leipzig/Germany) and the academies in Brazil and Ghana.

Leitert was born in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

. He was formerly a goalkeeper for the Austrian under-21 and under-18 teams, before having to retire early due to a wrist injury. He holds a Master's degree

Master's degree

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 in Sports Science

Sports science

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 and speaks at goalkeeping lectures on behalf of UEFA

UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

 and FIFA

FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...

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External links

• Hans Leitert - The Art of Goalkeeping