Klaus Schmidt (footballer)

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Klaus Schmidt (born 21 October 1967 in Graz, Austria) is an Austrian football manager and former player. He is currently an assistant coach at Monaco in Ligue 1.

As a player, Schmidt was a midfielder who played for several Austrian clubs, including SV Thörl, LUV Graz, FC Zeltweg and SC Weiz.

His coaching career has taken him to many Austrian clubs and a few abroad. He started as a physiotherapist and then an assistant at Grazer AK, later becoming an assistant and then head coach at Austria Kärnten, and also worked as an assistant at Wiener Neustadt. He had stints abroad in Bahrain and at Al Wahda. He later held roles at Kapfenberger SV (head of youth development and manager), SV Austria Salzburg, Wacker Innsbruck, Blau-Weiß Linz, Rheindorf Altach, SV Mattersburg, Admira Wacker and TSV Hartberg. In 2023 he led Rheindorf Altach before moving to Monaco as an assistant.

Key career moves
- 2 September 2019: Hired by Admira Wacker
- 7 March 2022: Signed a 1.5-year contract with TSV Hartberg; dismissed 14 November 2022
- 2023: Appointed manager of Rheindorf Altach; later that year joined Monaco as an assistant