Andreas Lipa

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Andreas Lipa
Personal information
Full name Andreas Lipa[1]
Date of birth (1971-04-26) 26 April 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1992 First Vienna 35 (5)
1992–1993 Austria Salzburg 3 (1)
1993–1994 LASK 9 (0)
1994–1997 Austria Lustenau 93 (4)
1997–2002 Grazer AK 106 (10)
2002–2003 Skoda Xanthi 14 (0)
2003–2004 Port Vale 32 (2)
2004–2006 Austria Lustenau 42 (0)
2006–2008 Wiener Sport-Club 57 (6)
2008–2009 SV Wienerberg 34 (1)
Total 425 (29)
International career
2000 Austria 1 (0)
Managerial career
2014–2015 First Vienna FC II
2015–2016 First Vienna FC
2017 1. FC Bisamberg
2017 SC Austria Lustenau
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andreas Lipa (born 26 April 1971) is an Austrian football manager and former footballer who played as a defender and midfielder.

During a 19-year career, Lipa was active as a professional in Austria, Greece and England, playing for First Vienna, LASK, Austria Salzburg, Austria Lustenau, Grazer AK, Skoda Xanthi, Port Vale, Wiener Sport-Club and SV Wienerberg. He later managed First Vienna FC.

He also played at international level, earning one cap for the Austria national team in 2000.

Club career[edit]

Born in Vienna, Lipa spent his early career in his native Austria with First Vienna, LASK, Austria Salzburg, Austria Lustenau and Grazer AK.[citation needed]

Lipa left Austrian football, and after a trial with English club Portsmouth in January 2002,[3] he joined up with Greek side Skoda Xanthi. Coach Nikos Karageorgiou led the Alpha Ethniki club to a 9th-place finish in 2002–03. In June 2003 he returned to England to sign with Port Vale of the Second Division.[4] During a 5–1 defeat to Plymouth Argyle at Vale Park on 18 October 2003, Lipa made a racist comment to Plymouth player Jason Bent. Lipa wrote a letter of apology to Bent and said "he wished he could turn the clock back", but was docked a week's wages.[5] Bent accepted the apology as Lipa claimed to have spoke "in the heat of the moment" and the club also issued a statement of apology, stating Lipa "is in no way racist".[6] Despite this he was still charged by the Football Association.[7] He scored twice in 33 games in 2003–04, finding himself sidelined from the first-team after manager Brian Horton was replaced by Martin Foyle. He featured in two League One games for the "Valiants" in 2004–05, and after a spell plagued with injuries he was released in November 2004,[8] returning to his native lands to re-sign with Austria Lustenau. He signed for Wiener Sport-Club in 2006 and the 37-year-old moved to SV Wienerberg in summer 2008. Despite being contracted to the club until 2010, he retired in June 2009.

International career[edit]

Lipa made one substitute appearance for the Austria national side in April 2000 in a 2–1 defeat to Croatia, replacing Günther Neukirchner on 67 minutes. He was handed his debut by Otto Barić, his former manager at Austria Salzburg.[citation needed]

Management career[edit]

Lipa coached the youth team at Austrian Regionalliga Regionalliga Ost side First Vienna FC, before being elevated to first-team manager in April 2015.[9] He led the club to a second-place finish behind SV Horn in the 2015–16 season, before he was replaced by SV Horn coach Hans Kleer.[10]

Personal life[edit]

Lipa's English wife, Sarah Adams-Lipa, publicly spoke out against the WAGs culture in British football.[11] She also appeared on the British TV programme Come Dine with Me, appearing on fourth week of programmes of the first series in 2005 and winning the £1,000 first prize. In 2009, it was revealed that the couple had been defrauded by Texan swindler Allen Stanford.[12]

Career statistics[edit]

Club Season Division League National Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
First Vienna 1989–90 Austrian Bundesliga 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1990–91[13] Austrian Bundesliga 12 1
1991–92[13] Austrian Bundesliga 20 4
Total 35 5
Austria Salzburg 1992–93[13] Austrian Bundesliga 3 1
LASK 1993–94[13] Austrian First League 9 0
Austria Lustenau 1994–95[13] Austrian First League 18 0
1995–96[13] Austrian First League 25 1
1996–97[13] Austrian First League 30 1
1997–98[13] Austrian Bundesliga 20 2
Total 93 4
Grazer AK 1997–98[13] Austrian Bundesliga 15 3
1998–99[13] Austrian Bundesliga 29 5
1999–2000[13] Austrian Bundesliga 29 2
2000–01[13] Austrian Bundesliga 23 0
2001–02[13] Austrian Bundesliga 10 0
Total 106 10
Skoda Xanthi 2002–03[13] Alpha Ethniki 14 0
Port Vale 2003–04[14] Second Division 30 2 2 0 1[a] 0 33 2
2004–05[14] League One 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 32 2 2 0 1 0 35 2
Austria Lustenau 2004–05[13] Austrian First League 10 0
2005–06[13] Austrian First League 32 0
Total 42 0
Wiener Sport-Club 2006–07[13] Austrian Regionalliga 29 3
2007–08[13] Austrian Regional League 28 3
Total 57 6
SV Wienerberg 2008–09[13] Austrian Regional League 24 0
2009–10[13] Austrian Regional League 10 1
Total 34 1
Total 425 29 2 0 1 0 428 29
  1. ^ Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Andreas Lipa". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ "FootballSquads – Port Vale – 2004/05". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Pompey hand Austrian trial". BBC Sport. 24 January 2002. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  4. ^ "Vale net Lipa". BBC. 9 June 2003. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  5. ^ "Lipa sorry for racist slur". BBC Sport. 21 October 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  6. ^ "Apology over racist comment". BBC Sport. 21 October 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  7. ^ "FA awaits Lipa response". BBC Sport. 18 November 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  8. ^ "Lipa time with Vale comes to end". BBC Sport. 15 November 2004. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  9. ^ "First Vienna FC trennt sich nach Pleite von Trainer". Heute (in German). 26 April 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Hans Kleer neuer Trainer bei der Vienna". Sky Sports Austria. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  11. ^ Giles Hattersley (12 February 2006). "Footballers' wives, the new model". The Times. London. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  12. ^ "Causa Stanford trifft auch österreichischen Fussballer". Boerse Express (in German). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Player profile". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  14. ^ a b "Games played by Andreas Lipa in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
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