his first club was the fc zeltweg which he promoted from 4th to 3rd division. his first team in professional football was fc kärnten in the first league. they promoted to the bundesliga. 2002 he was coach of fk austria wien but was replaced by christoph daum in october despite the fact that the team was 7 points ahead of the second in the league. only a few days later he became coach of the gak from graz. with gak he won the championship in 2004.