Walter Schachner

Walter Schachner
Schachner in 2009
Personal information
Full name Walter Schachner
Date of birth (1957-02-01) 1 February 1957
Place of birth Leoben, Austria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1967–1975 St. Michael
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1978 Alpine Donawitz 72 (65)
1978–1981 Austria Wien 101 (72)
1981–1983 Cesena 58 (17)
1983–1986 Torino 85 (18)
1986 Pisa
1986–1988 Avellino 48 (13)
1988–1990 Sturm Graz 16 (3)
1990 FC Salzburg 20 (18)
1991 Grazer AK 8 (2)
1991 VSE St. Pölten 9 (1)
1991 SR Donaufeld 5 (0)
1992 Alpine Donawitz 6 (2)
1992–1993 DSV Leoben 20 (19)
1993–1994 Sturm Graz 11 (0)
1994–1996 DSV Leoben 50 (12)
1996–1997 FC Tirol Innsbruck 6 (0)
1997 ASK Kottingbrunn
1998 Eintracht Wels 12 (4)
International career
1976–1994 Austria 64 (23)
Managerial career
1999–2000 FC Zeltweg
2000–2002 FC Kärnten
2002 Austria Wien
2002–2006 Grazer AK
2006–2007 1860 Munich
2007 SK Kärnten
2008–2010 VfB Admira Wacker Mödling
2011–2012 LASK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter "Schoko" Schachner (born 1 February 1957) is a football manager and former player, who played as a forward. He made 64 appearances scoring 23 goals for the Austria national team.

As he always brought chocolate to the games when he was a boy, he got the nickname schoko. He was one of the most successful Austrian players in Italian football, as he played for four clubs over seven years.