Andreas Lipa

Andreas Lipa
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-04-26) 26 April 1971
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Defender / Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1992 First Vienna 35 (5)
1992–1993 Austria Salzburg 3 (1)
1993–1994 LASK Linz 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)
National team
2000 Austria 1 (0)
Teams managed
2014–2015 First Vienna FC II
2015–2016 First Vienna FC

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


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 Linz, 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 Austrian national team in 2000.

Club career

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

Lipa left Austrian football, and after a trial with English club Portsmouth in January 2002,[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] 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".[4] Despite this he was still charged by the Football Association.[5] 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,[6] 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

Lipa made one substitute appearance for the Austrian 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.

Management career

Lipa coached the youth team at Austrian Regional League Regionalliga Ost side First Vienna FC, before being elevated to first team manager in April 2015.[7] 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.[8]

Personal life

Lipa's English wife, Sarah Adams-Lipa, publicly spoke out against the WAGs culture in British football.[9] 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.[10]

Career statistics

Club Season Division League National Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
First Vienna 1989–90 Austrian Bundesliga 30000030
1990–91[11] Austrian Bundesliga 121
1991–92[11] Austrian Bundesliga 204
Total 355
Austria Salzburg 1992–93[11] Austrian Bundesliga 31
LASK Linz 1993–94[11] Austrian First League 90
Austria Lustenau 1994–95[11] Austrian First League 180
1995–96[11] Austrian First League 251
1996–97[11] Austrian First League 301
1997–98[11] Austrian Bundesliga 202
Total 934
Grazer AK 1997–98[11] Austrian Bundesliga 153
1998–99[11] Austrian Bundesliga 295
1999–2000[11] Austrian Bundesliga 292
2000–01[11] Austrian Bundesliga 230
2001–02[11] Austrian Bundesliga 100
Total 10610
Skoda Xanthi 2002–03[11] Alpha Ethniki 140
Port Vale 2003–04[12] Second Division 302201[lower-alpha 1]0332
2004–05[13] League One 20000020
Total 3222010352
Austria Lustenau 2004–05[11] Austrian First League 100
2005–06[11] Austrian First League 320
Total 420
Wiener Sport-Club 2006–07[11] Austrian Regional League 293
2007–08[11] Austrian Regional League 283
Total 576
SV Wienerberg 2008–09[11] Austrian Regional League 240
2009–10[11] Austrian Regional League 101
Total 341
Total 42529201042829
  1. ↑ Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.

References

  1. ↑ "Pompey hand Austrian trial". BBC Sport. 24 January 2002. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  2. ↑ "Vale net Lipa". BBC. 9 June 2003. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  3. ↑ "Lipa sorry for racist slur". BBC Sport. 21 October 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  4. ↑ "Apology over racist comment". BBC Sport. 21 October 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  5. ↑ "FA awaits Lipa response". BBC Sport. 18 November 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  6. ↑ "Lipa time with Vale comes to end". BBC Sport. 15 November 2004. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  7. ↑ "First Vienna FC trennt sich nach Pleite von Trainer". Heute (in German). 26 April 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Hans Kleer neuer Trainer bei der Vienna". Sky Sports Austria. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  9. ↑ Giles Hattersley (12 February 2006). "Footballers' wives, the new model". London: The Times. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  10. ↑ "Causa Stanford trifft auch österreichischen Fussballer". Boerse Express (in German). Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Andreas Lipa". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Andreas Lipa in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Andreas Lipa in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
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