{{Short description|Austrian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Michael Zechner | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|1|31|df=yes}} | birth_place = Austria | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.75 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1983–1993 | youthclubs1 = Austria Wien | years1 = 1993–1996 | years2 = 1993–1996 | years3 = 1996 | years4 = 1997 | years5 = 1997–1998 | years6 = 1998–1999 | years7 = 1999–2002 | years8 = 2002 | years9 = 2002–2003 | years10 = 2003–2004 | years11 = 2004–2005 | years12 = 2005–2007 | years13 = 2007–2010 | years14 = 2010–2012 | years15 = 2012–2013 | years16 = 2013 | years17 = 2013–2014 | years18 = 2014–2015 | years19 = 2015–2018 | clubs1 = Austria Wien | clubs2 = → VfB Mödling (loan) | clubs3 = FavAC | clubs4 = Wiener SC | clubs5 = First Vienna | clubs6 = St. Pölten | clubs7 = Union Berlin | clubs8 = Paderborn 07 | clubs9 = SC-ESV Parndorf | clubs10 = Sturm Graz | clubs11 = Kapfenberger SV | clubs12 = First Vienna | clubs13 = ASK Kottingbrunn | clubs14 = SC Herzogenburg | clubs15 = FC Tulln | clubs16 = SC Laa/Thaya | clubs17 = FC Mistelbach | clubs18 = SV Zeiselmauer | clubs19 = USV Kettlasbrunn | caps1 = 20 | caps2 = 10 | caps3 = 9 | caps4 = 10 | caps5 = 12 | caps6 = 14 | caps7 = 67 | caps8 = 5 | caps9 = | caps10 = 9 | caps11 = 19 | caps12 = 55 | caps13 = 82 | caps14 = | caps15 = | caps16 = 12 | caps17 = 27 | goals1 = 0 | goals2 = 2 | goals3 = 2 | goals4 = 3 | goals5 = 1 | goals6 = 5 | goals7 = 7 | goals8 = 1 | goals9 = | goals10 = 0 | goals11 = 1 | goals12 = 4 | goals13 = 14 | goals14 = | goals15 = | goals16 = 4 | goals17 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1994 | nationalteam1 = Austria U-21 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = | nationalteam-update = | manageryears1 = 2010 | managerclubs1 = ASK Kottingbrunn | manageryears2 = 2014 | managerclubs2 = FC Mistelbach }}
'''Michael Zechner''' (born 31 January 1975) is a retired Austrian footballer. Zechner played for FK Austria Wien, First Vienna FC, Wiener Sport-Club, SKN St. Pölten, Union Berlin, SC Paderborn 07, SC-ESV Parndorf 1919, Sturm Graz and Kapfenberger SV.
==Career== ===Coaching career=== On 22 April 2010, while playing for ASK Kottingbrunn, Zechner was appointed manager of the club until the end of the season.<ref>[https://www.ligaportal.at/noe/1-landesliga/245-1-landesliga/12901-trainerwechsel-nach-derby-pleite Trainerwechsel nach Derby-Pleite], ligaportal.at, 22 March 2010</ref> He left the club at the end of the season.<ref>[https://www.ligaportal.at/noe/1-landesliga/vorschau/13083-vorschau-teil-4-ask-kottingbrunn Vorschau Teil 4: ASK Kottingbrunn], ligaportal.at, 26 July 2010</ref>
In the beginning of May 2014, Zechner was appointed interim manager, alongside Siegfried Seltenhammer, for FC Mistelbach: the club he was playing for at the moment.<ref>[https://www.noen.at/sport/mistelbach/zehn-spiele-sieglos-kernal-muss-gehen-1-noen-landesliga-fussball-mistelbach-tabelle-trainerwechsel-top-markus-kernal-4794264 Zehn Spiele sieglos – Kernal muss gehen], noen.at, 6 May 2014</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{WorldFootball.net|michael-zechner}} * {{ÖFB player|212920|Michael Zechner player profile}} * [https://www.oefb.at/Profile/Trainer/839023?Michael-Zechner Michael Zechner manager profile] at ÖFB {{in lang|de}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zechner, Michael}} Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:Austrian men's footballers Category:Austrian expatriate men's footballers Category:FK Austria Wien players Category:Admira Wacker players Category:First Vienna FC players Category:Favoritner AC players Category:Wiener Sport-Club players Category:SKN St. Pölten players Category:1. FC Union Berlin players Category:SC Paderborn 07 players Category:SK Sturm Graz players Category:Kapfenberger SV players Category:SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 players Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Austrian football managers Category:Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
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