Vienna  - Austria Wednesday appointed Didi Constantini to succeed Karel Brueckner as coach of the national side.

Constantini, 53, will be assisted by Manfred Zsak who moves from the under-21 team. Former international Andreas Herzog will take over the under-21s, the Austrian football federation said.

Constantini, a much-travelled player and coach in Austria, had twice briefly been in charge of the national team in interim capacities in the early 1990s.

He will be officially presented on Thursday.