Adi Hütter

Hütter played for SCR Altach in his youth before moving to Grazer AK and LASK. In 1993, he joined Austria Salzburg. With the club, he won the Austrian Bundesliga in the 1993–94, 1994–95 and 1996–97 seasons, and won the Austrian Supercup three times. He also reached the final of the 1993–94 UEFA Cup, where Salzburg lost 0–2 on aggregate against Inter Milan. In 2000, Hütter joined Grazer AK again, where he won the 2001–02 Austrian Cup. After two years, he joined second division team Kapfenberger SV. In 2005, Hütter joined the second team of Red Bull Salzburg in the third division. Here, he was a leading player and won the 2006–07 Regionalliga West championship with the team, which also meant promotion to the second division. Hütter decided to end his playing career in August 2007 due to a persistent Achilles tendon injury, and became assistant coach of the Red Bull Salzburg Juniors.

Hütter played for the Austria national football team 14 times and scored 3 goals.

International stats

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first.

Salzburg Juniors, Altach, Grödig, Salzburg

After ending his playing career in 2007, Hütter became assistant coach of Red Bull Salzburg Juniors. He was appointed as the head coach of the Red Bull Juniors for the 2008–09 season, which he finished with a record of 13 wins, seven draws, and 15 losses. In July 2009, he became head coach of SCR Altach, which had just been relegated to the second division, with the goal of leading them back to the Bundesliga. In the 2009–10 season, Altach lost to FC Pasching in the first round of the Austrian Cup and finished third in the league. In the 2010–11 season, Altach reached the round of 16 of the Austrian Cup and finished second in the league. After narrowly missing out on promotion two consecutive seasons, Altach was second in the league at the end of March 2012, eight matchdays before the end of the 2011–12 season. After a 0–2 loss to First Vienna on 3 April 2012, Hütter was sacked by Altach, as the club was of the opinion that a change in leadership was needed to secure promotion. However, Altach did not achieve promotion under Hütter's successor Edi Stöhr, again finishing the season in second place. In April 2012, league rivals SV Grödig announced Hütter as head coach starting from 1 June 2012, replacing Heimo Pfeifenberger. Hütter signed a two-year contract. In the 2012–13 season, he won the second division with Grödig, securing promotion to the Bundesliga. In the 2013–14 season, which was Hütter's first season as a manager…

Hütter is married and has one daughter. Hütter's grandmother persuaded his parents to name their son Adolf, in memory of his uncle, who died at the age of 27 in a rock avalanche. However, he is always called by his nickname "Adi", almost certainly due to the name Adolf being commonly associated with Adolf Hitler.