Andreas Ibertsberger

Austrian footballer

Andreas Ibertsberger
Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-07-27) 27 July 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth	Salzburg, Austria
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
	Seekirchen
	BNZ Salzburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2005	Austria Salzburg	84	(3)
2005–2008	SC Freiburg	82	(1)
2008–2012	1899 Hoffenheim	83	(1)
2013	MSV Duisburg	7	(0)
Total		256	(5)
International career
0000–2000	Austria U18	1	(0)
0000–2003	Austria U21	12	(0)
2004–2009	Austria	14	(1)
Managerial career
2014–2019	1899 Hoffenheim II (assistant)
2019–2020	Eintracht Frankfurt (U19)
2020–2022	Eintracht Frankfurt (U19 assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andreas Ibertsberger (born 27 July 1982) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He was a member of the Austria national team. Ibertsberger is a younger brother of former national team player Robert Ibertsberger whose career was cut short by injury.

Club career

Ibertsberger played for SC Freiburg, for whom he signed from Austria Salzburg in January 2005.^[1] In January 2008, he moved to 1899 Hoffenheim, with whom he originally signed a pre-contract agreement for the 2008–09 season.^[2] With smalltown club Hoffenheim he won promotion to the German Bundesliga.

On 15 May 2012, Ibertsberger's contract with Hoffenheim expired, after missing the vast majority of the 2011–12 season with a chronic back problem.^[3]

International career

Ibertsberger made his debut for Austria in an October 2004 World Cup qualification match against Northern Ireland. He earned 14 caps, scoring one goal.

Coaching career

Ahead of the 2014–15 season, Ibertsberger became the new assistant coach at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim's second team.^[4]

Ibertsberger was at Kiel until summer 2019, where he, ahead of the 2019–20 season, became U19 coach at Eintracht Frankfurt.^[5] They finished the season on a sixth place in the A-Junior Bundesliga South/Southwest. Ahead of the upcoming 2020–21 season, he instead became assistant coach of the same team under Jürgen Kramny.^[6] The duo left Eintracht at the end of the 2021/22 season.^[7]

References

^ "Ibertsberger, Andreas" (in German). kicker.de. Archived from the original on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
^ "Austria midfielder to join Hoffenheim". UEFA.com. 22 January 2008. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2008.
^ "Tschüss, Ciao, Goodbye!". Hoffenheim official website. 8 May 2012. Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
^ "U23-Trainingsauftakt: Andreas Ibertsberger neuer Co-Trainer". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (in German). 27 June 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^ "Zweiter Sieg in Folge für U19". nachwuchs.eintracht.de (in German). 21 September 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^ Schmitt, Daniel (18 July 2020). "Jürgen Kramny, ein Fachmann für Nachwuchsfußball". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^ "U19-Trainerteam verlässt Eintracht Frankfurt". nachwuchs.eintracht.de (in German). 8 May 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2024.