Dietmar Constantini
Austrian footballer (1955–2024)
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Dietmar "Didi" Constantini (30 May 1955 – 18 December 2024) was an Austrian football player and manager.
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Date of birth
30 May 1955
Date of death
18 December 2024 (aged 69)
Height
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
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Constantini with Austria in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 May 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria | ||
| Date of death | 18 December 2024 (aged 69) | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Wacker Innsbruck | |||
| ESV Austria Innsbruck | |||
| 1974–1979 | SSW Innsbruck | ||
| 1979–1980 | LASK | ||
| SPG Raika Innsbruck | |||
| 1981–1982 | Kavala | ||
| 1982–1983 | FC Union Wels | ||
| Favoritner AC | |||
| Wiener Sportclub | |||
| Total | 198 | ||
| International career | |||
| Austria U18 | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| Wiener Sportclub (assistant) | |||
| Al-Ittihad (Jeddah) (assistant) | |||
| 1989–1991 | Rapid Wien (assistant) | ||
| 1991–1992 | Austria U21 | ||
| 1991 | Austria (caretaker) | ||
| 1992 | Austria (assistant) | ||
| 1992 | Austria (caretaker) | ||
| 1993 | LASK | ||
| 1993–1995 | Admira Wacker Mödling | ||
| 1995–1997 | Tirol Innsbruck | ||
| 1997–1998 | Mainz 05 | ||
| 1999–2001 | Austria (assistant) | ||
| 2001–2002 | Austria Wien (caretaker) | ||
| 2003 | FC Kärnten (caretaker) | ||
| 2006 | ASKÖ Pasching (caretaker) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Pasching | ||
| 2008 | Austria Wien | ||
| 2009–2011 | Austria | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Constantini was appointed head coach of the Austria national team in March 2009[1] and was replaced by Marcel Koller in October 2011.
In his career as club manager, he coached FC Kärnten,[2] FC Pasching,[3] and Austria Vienna, amongst others.
Constantini died on 18 December 2024, at the age of 69, after years of suffering from dementia.[4]
Coaching record
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | W | D | L | Win % | Ref. | |||
| Austria | 16 October 1991[5] | 13 November 1991[5] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | [5] |
| Austria | 18 November 1992[5] | 18 November 1992[5] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | [5] |
| LASK Linz | 12 March 1993[6] | 30 June 1993[6] | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 38.46 | [7] |
| Admira Wacker | 1 July 1993[8] | 30 June 1995[8] | 83 | 33 | 21 | 29 | 39.76 | [9][10] |
| Tirol Innsbruck | 1 July 1995[11] | 30 June 1997[11] | 85 | 39 | 19 | 27 | 45.88 | [12][13] |
| Mainz 05 | 16 September 1997[14] | 8 April 1998[14] | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 20.00 | [14] |
| Austria Wien | 22 December 2001[15] | 30 June 2002[15] | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50.00 | [16] |
| Kärnten | 27 October 2003[17] | 18 January 2004[17] | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16.67 | [18] |
| Pasching | 7 March 2006[19] | 5 June 2006[19] | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 64.29 | [20] |
| Pasching | 25 October 2006[19] | 31 May 2007[19] | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 37.50 | [21] |
| Austria Wien | 20 March 2008[15] | 31 May 2008[15] | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.67 | [22] |
| Austria | 4 March 2009[23] | 13 September 2011[24] | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 29.63 | [25][26][27] |
| Total | 297 | 120 | 74 | 103 | 40.40 | — | ||