Stefan Kulovits

Stefan Kulovits

Kulovits with Rapid Wien in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth	(1983-04-19) 19 April 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	SC Red Star Penzing
1998–2001	Rapid Wien
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2013	Rapid Wien	202	(4)
2013–2020	SV Sandhausen	127	(1)
Total		329	(5)
International career
	Austria U16	6	(0)
	Austria U17	1	(0)
	Austria U19	9	(0)
2003–2005	Austria U21	18	(0)
2005–2011	Austria	5	(0)
Managerial career
2021	SV Sandhausen (interim)
2022–2023	Rapid Wien II
2022–2025	Rapid Wien (assistant)
2025	Rapid Wien (interim manager)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stefan Kulovits (born 19 April 1983) is an Austrian professional football manager and a former midfielder. He last served as the interim manager of Rapid Wien. ^[1]

Club career

Rapid Wien

Kulovits came through the youth ranks of Rapid Wien and made it to the senior team in the 2002–03 season after a year at the reserves team. He won two league titles with Rapid and played in the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League with them.

SV Sandhausen

Kulovits signed for 2. Bundesliga club SV Sandhausen in June 2013 and in his first season was appointed captain of the team. ^[2] He made over 120 competitive appearances for the club and announced his retirement as a footballer at the conclusion of the 2019–20 season, ^[3]

Coaching career

SV Sandhausen

He was named interim manager on 15 February 2021. ^[4] He was sacked on 22 September 2021. ^[5]

Rapid Wien II

On 3 January 2022, Kulovits was hired as the head coach of Rapid Wien II in the 2. Liga. ^[6]

Rapid Wien

On 24 April 2025, Kulovits was appointed as the interim manager of Austrian Bundesliga side Rapid Wien for the final 5 games of the season. He had previously been working at the club as a coach under former manager Robert Klauß. ^{[7] [8]}

International career

Kulovits made his debut for the Austria national team in a February 2005 friendly match against Cyprus.

Honours

Rapid Wien

• Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2004–05, 2007–08

References

1. "Kulovits, Stefan" (in German). Kicker . Retrieved 27 July 2013.
2. "SVS reagiert auf die Misere: Kulovits kommt" (in German). Kicker. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
3. "Seitenwechsel für Ex-Rapidler Stefan Kulovits in Sandhausen" [Change of sides for ex-Rapidler Stefan Kulovits in Sandhausen] (in German). kurier.at. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
4. "Michael Schiele als SVS-Trainer freigestellt" (in German). svs1916.de. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
5. "Schwartz übernimmt Cheftrainerposten in Sandhausen". Kicker (in German). kicker. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
6. "Stefan Kulovits wird Cheftrainer von Rapid II" (Press release) (in German). Rapid Wien. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
7. "Das ist der neue Rapid-Trainer Stefan Kulovits: Spitzname Kampfgelse". www.oe24.at (in German). 24 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
8. "Änderungen im Trainerteam der Profimannschaft". SK Rapid (in German). Retrieved 24 April 2025.

External links

• Stefan Kulovits at Soccerway.com
• Stefan Kulovits at WorldFootball.net
• Stefan Kulovits at National-Football-Teams.com
• Stefan Kulovits at FBref.com
• Stefan Kulovits at kicker (in German)
• Stefan Kulovits at the German Football Association
• Stefan Kulovits at AS.com (in Spanish)