.jpg) Constantini withAustria in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1955-05-30)30 May 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Innsbruck, Austria | ||
| Date of death | 18 December 2024(2024-12-18) (aged 69) | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central defender,midfielder | ||
| 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 | |||
Dietmar "Didi" Constantini (30 May, 1955 – 18 December, 2024) was an Austrianfootball player and coach.
Constantini started playing withFC Wacker Innsbruck. With the team he won the Austrian Championship two times. After one year withLASK Linz, he went to Greece. This was the only time he spent with a squad from abroad. In 1982, he came back to Austria and played with different clubs from the first and second league. After his time with theWiener Sportclub, he ended his career as player.
He played 198 league matches, scoring five goals, winning two Austrian championships, and one Austrian Cup. He played matches for the Austrian Under 18 team and the amateur national team.
His first experiences as coach was inSaudi-Arabia and forSK Rapid Wien as assistant coach. Then he went to the ÖFB where he became coach of the Under 21 national team and at the same time assistant coach with the national team. After the demotion of head coach Alfred Riedl he did not become coach of the team, so he went on to different clubs in Austria and Germany. (FSV Mainz 05, LASK, Admira Wackerand FC Tirol Innsbruck.)
In 1998, he started football camps for children so he could not became coach of a team. He was only caretaker for FK Austria Wien, FC Kärnten and manager of SV Austria Salzburg. He worked in the meantime as expert for the football broadcast of ATV and organized his camps. In 2006/07, he was coach of FC Superfund Pasching.
On 4 March 2009, Constantini became coach of theAustrian national football team. In the six last qualification matches the team scored 10 points but could not qualify for the2010 World Cup. In September his contract was prolonged until 2012. Constantini had troubles with some players but he also gave young players a chance to play in the team (Aleksandar Dragović, Yasin Pehlivan, Julian Baumgartlinger or Jakob Jantscher).
Austria did not qualify for Euro 2012 and Constantini's contract was not renewed.
Constantini died on 18 December 2024, at the age of 69, from problems caused bydementia.[1]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | W | D | L | Win % | Ref. | |||
| Austria | 16 October 1991[2] | 13 November 1991[2] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 000.00 | [2] |
| Austria | 18 November 1992[2] | 18 November 1992[2] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 000.00 | [2] |
| LASK Linz | 12 March 1993[3] | 30 June 1993[3] | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 038.46 | [4] |
| Admira Wacker | 1 July 1993[5] | 30 June 1995[5] | 83 | 33 | 21 | 29 | 039.76 | [6][7] |
| Tirol Innsbruck | 1 July 1995[8] | 30 June 1997[8] | 85 | 39 | 19 | 27 | 045.88 | [9][10] |
| Mainz 05 | 16 September 1997[11] | 8 April 1998[11] | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 020.00 | [11] |
| Austria Wien | 22 December 2001[12] | 30 June 2002[12] | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 050.00 | [13] |
| Kärnten | 27 October 2003[14] | 18 January 2004[14] | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 016.67 | [15] |
| Pasching | 7 March 2006[16] | 5 June 2006[16] | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 064.29 | [17] |
| Pasching | 25 October 2006[16] | 31 May 2007[16] | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 037.50 | [18] |
| Austria Wien | 20 March 2008[12] | 31 May 2008[12] | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 066.67 | [19] |
| Austria | 4 March 2009[20] | 31 December 2011[21] | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 029.63 | [22][23][24] |
| Total | 297 | 120 | 74 | 103 | 040.40 | — | ||