The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has just published on the VFF website about the death of Mr. Riedl: “On the morning of August 8 (local time), the Austrian media reported that strategist Alfred Riedl died of Cancer. at home. The former coach of the Vietnam team was born on November 2, 1949, at the age of 70.
According to international media, coach Alfred Riedl passed away after years of cancer treatment. He is with his wife and family members late on the night of 7:00 a.m. (local time).
Former coach Alfred Riedl and 13 years living with a Vietnamese kidney
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Coach Alfred Riedl is a very familiar person from Vietnamese football. He used to lead the Vietnamese team in the period 1998-2000, 2003-2004 and 2005-2007. In the process of leading the Vietnamese team, he left a strong impression with achievements such as: 1998 Tiger Cup Silver Medal (predecessor of AFF Cup), 1999 Dunhill Cup Bronze Medal, 1999 SEA Silver Medal Games 20, 2003 SEA Games, 2005 SEA Games 23: 2000 LG Cup Silver Medal, 2003 LG Cup Champion and the highest peak was helping Vietnam reach the 2007 Asian Cup quarter-finals. “
During his life, Mr. Riedl had great respect for the press
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VFF expressed their feelings: “His departure is a loss not only for the family of coach Alfred Riedl, but also for Austrian and Vietnamese football. VFF has a letter of condolence and will send it to the family of the former coach. Vietnamese team. Goodbye to you, you have a lot to contribute to the success of Vietnamese football! ”.
The Austrian Football Federation will observe a minute’s silence for coach Riedl before the match between Austria U.21 and England U.21 in the Europe U.21 Final at dawn 9.9.
According to Sport24, Mr. Riedl has been treated for cancer for a long time, which is also the reason why after leading the Indonesian team in 2016, the former Vietnam coach stopped training to return to his hometown. from Vienna to valid until now.
During his playing career, coach Riedl played four games for Austria in the period 1975-1978.
In club career, he played for many clubs like Austria Wien, Sint-Truiden, FC Antwerp, Standard Liege … he won two Austrian league titles in the 1968-1969, 1969-1970 season and the Austrian Cup season 1970-1971.
In total, in his career, Mr. Riedl played 427 games and scored 210 goals. In 1975, while playing for FC Antwerp (Belgium), Mr. Riedl won the bronze shoe in the race for the title of Best Scorer in Europe.
