Peter Pacult is an Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n former international football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player who is now manager of RB Leipzig

RB Leipzig

RB Leipzig is a German association football club based in Leipzig, Saxony. The club is supported by energy drink-maker Red Bull who purchased the license of fifth division side SSV Markranstädt with the intention of advancing the re-modeled club to the top-flight Bundesliga within ten years...

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Club career

A prolific striker, however not for the national team, Pacult started his career at Vienna side Floridsdorfer AC before turning professional with Wiener SC

Wiener Sportclub

The Wiener Sport-Club, commonly referred to simply as WSC, was established in 1883 playing in club colours of black and white. It is one of the Austrian capital Vienna's oldest athletics clubs, their traditional home is in the Dornbach quarter of the city....

. He joined Austrian giants Rapid Wien four years later, losing the UEFA Cup Winners Cup Final in 1985 against Everton

Everton F.C.

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. He moved on to and won two league titles with FC Tirol Innsbruck

FC Tirol Innsbruck

FC Tirol Innsbruck was an Austrian association footballclub from Innsbruck, Tyrol which existed between 1993 and 2002, when bankruptcy was declared....

, with whom he was the top goal scorer in the 1990–91 European Cup alongside Jean-Pierre Papin

Jean-Pierre Papin

Jean-Pierre Papin is a former French professional football player who was European Footballer of the Year in 1991.Papin achieved his greatest success while playing for Olympique Marseille between 1986 and 1992...

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In 1993 he moved abroad to help 1860 München win promotion to the German Bundesliga. He finished his career at the other big Vienna club, Austria, in 1996.

International career

He made his debut for Austria

Austria national football team

The Austria national football team is the association football team that represents the country of Austria in international competition and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association ....

 in October 1982 against Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland national football team

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 but was not considered for the 1990 FIFA World Cup

1990 FIFA World Cup

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. He earned 24 caps, scoring one goal. His last international was a November 1993 World Cup qualification match against Sweden

Sweden national football team

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Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (2):
  • 1989, 1990
• Austrian Cup
  Austrian Cup
  The Austrian Cup, in German: ÖFB-Cup is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB.It has been held since 1919, with the exception of the time of the Anschluss between 1939 and 1945 and the period between 1950 and 1958 when the competition was deemed of...
  
   (2):
  • 1985, 1989
• Austrian Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (1):
  • 1989

External links

• Rapid stats – Rapid Archive
• Player profile – Austria Archive
• Career stats – National Football Teams
• Profile at weltfussball.de