Adi Hütter signs with top French club

After a year’s break, Adi Hütter is taking on a new role in the Principality. The Vorarlberger was presented as the new head coach of AS Monaco on Tuesday. As the club from the French Ligue 1 announced, Hütter received a two-year contract.

The 53-year-old will succeed Belgian Philippe Clement, under whom the Monegasques missed out on a place in the European Cup last season.

Hütter had been without a club for a year after parting ways with Borussia Mönchengladbach in June 2022. Before that he worked as a coach at Red Bull Salzburg, in Switzerland at Young Boys Bern and in the German Bundesliga at Eintracht Frankfurt. Hütter will have his first press appointment on Thursday and will lead his first training session in the Principality on Wednesday.

“Wealth of Experience”

“Over the past few years, Adi has proven himself in various leagues as well as at continental level. This wealth of experience, combined with his leadership qualities and forward-thinking style, is exactly what we’ve come to expect from him as we are the first team want to take it to the next level,” said Thiago Scuro, Monaco’s director of football.

The Brazilian is also new at the club having previously worked for Red Bull Bragantino in Brazil. Hütter also grew up in the Red Bull stable. He took his first steps as a coach with the Red Bull Juniors before moving on to the first team of the “Red Bulls” via Altach and Grödig.

After the double with Salzburg in 2015, it was on to Bern a few months later. Internationally, he drew attention to himself with Frankfurt and reaching the Europa League semi-finals in 2019.

Former Salzburg players in the squad

After leaving Gladbach, Hütter initially became quieter, but in recent months he has mainly been associated with a commitment in the English Premier League. Monaco’s interest flared up in the media last week.

The club missed the leap into international business as sixth place in the past season. A heavy blow for the eight-time French champion, who last won the title in 2017. In 2022 Monaco was still third in the table at the end of the championship. Well-known players in Austria are Mohamed Camara and Takumi Minamino, who once played for Red Bull Salzburg. In addition, the German Kevin Volland, his Swiss strike partner Breel Embolo and the French international Wissam Ben Yedder come from the offensive department.