Stefan Kulovits

Stefan Kulovits
Kulovits with Rapid Wien in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-04-19) 19 April 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Rapid Wien (assistant manager)
Youth career
SC Red Star Penzing
1998–2001 Rapid Wien
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2013 Rapid Wien 202 (4)
2013–2020 SV Sandhausen 127 (1)
Total 329 (5)
International career
Austria U16 6 (0)
Austria U17 1 (0)
Austria U19 9 (0)
2003–2005 Austria U21 18 (0)
2005–2011 Austria 5 (0)
Managerial career
2021 SV Sandhausen (interim)
2022–2023 Rapid Wien II
2022– Rapid Wien (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stefan Kulovits (born 19 April 1983) is an Austrian professional football coach and a former midfielder. He is the assistant manager of Rapid Wien.[1]

Club career

Rapid Wien

Kulovits came through the youth ranks of Rapid Wien and made it to the senior team in the 2002–03 season after a year at the reserves team. He won two league titles with Rapid and played in the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League with them.

SV Sandhausen

Kulovits signed for 2. Bundesliga club SV Sandhausen in June 2013 and in his first season was appointed captain of the team.[2] He made over 120 competitive appearances for the club and announced his retirement as a footballer at the conclusion of the 2019–20 season,[3]

Coaching career

SV Sandhausen

He was named interim manager on 15 February 2021.[4] He was sacked on 22 September 2021.[5]

Rapid Wien II

On 3 January 2022, Kulovits was hired as the head coach of Rapid Wien II in the 2. Liga.[6]

International career

Kulovits made his debut for the Austria national team in a February 2005 friendly match against Cyprus.

Honours

Rapid Wien

References

  1. ^ "Kulovits, Stefan" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  2. ^ "SVS reagiert auf die Misere: Kulovits kommt" (in German). kicker.de. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Seitenwechsel für Ex-Rapidler Stefan Kulovits in Sandhausen" [Change of sides for ex-Rapidler Stefan Kulovits in Sandhausen] (in German). kurier.at. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Michael Schiele als SVS-Trainer freigestellt" (in German). svs1916.de. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Schwartz übernimmt Cheftrainerposten in Sandhausen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Stefan Kulovits wird Cheftrainer von Rapid II" (Press release) (in German). Rapid Wien. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.