Sebastian Prödl becomes the young manager of the Austrian Football Association!

Sebastian Prödl becomes the young manager of the Austrian Football Association!

Bremen, Deutschland - Ex-Werder Bremen professional Sebastian Prödl, 37, has played a new, responsible role in Austrian football. As head of the youth teams, he will be responsible for promoting the talent in the country. The Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) announced this gratifying news today. Prödl, who most recently worked as a TV expert at ServusTV, sees his new task the opportunity to contribute his experiences from over 170 competitive games for Werder Bremen and his inpatient commitments in football. "We have exchanged intensively for a long time," said Prödl about the talks with ÖFB sports director Peter Schöttel and coach Ralf Rangnick. "The goal should be to pay more attention to talent in the future," adds Prödl.

new U-21 team boss and changes in the ÖFB

The change from Prödl takes place at the same time as the appointment of Peter Perchtold as the new U-21 team boss, which Werner Gregoritsch follows. Perchtold, who previously acted as an assistant coach from Rangnick, brings extensive experience from various trainer stations. "It is an extremely exciting task to deal with the top talents," says Perchtold enthusiastically about his new tasks. The two personnel decisions are part of a comprehensive rethink in the ÖFB and should help to strengthen the identity and style of the Austrian football.

In the context of these changes, Schöttel emphasizes the need to professionalize the youth work and to offer the talents the right platform: "Our young teams are the basis for everything that happens in the professional sector". These new steps are intended to ensure that Austria's young football remains internationally competitive, while both coaches want to work towards a clear, common game idea in order to exploit the potential of young players at most, such as Kicker reported.