Marco Küntzel

Marco Küntzel ( born January 22, 1976 in Grabow ) is a former German football player and current football coach.

Career

Küntzel began his professional career at Hansa Rostock. Finally Over the stations Union Berlin and SV Babelsberg he arrived in the 1st Bundesliga Borussia Mönchengladbach. From there he moved to Arminia Bielefeld.

The trained striker is well known for his tireless efforts and his both feet, which allows him to play on almost every offensive position. In the history of the so-called four-pack came in, scored as Küntzel four goals in a game of Arminia Bielefeld against VfL Osnabrück. Nevertheless, the reputation of a " Chancentod " adheres to him, as he can repeatedly miss the last goal instincts in a promising position.

During his time at Arminia Bielefeld he attained cult status among many fans, among others, because einwechselte him the then coach Uwe Rapolder in a game, and shortly thereafter auswechselte again because Küntzel was wearing the wrong shoes. A fan group was much talked about, where they sang to the tune of the song " You are my sunshine ": " You are my Küntzel, my only Küntzel, you make me happy, When Skies Are Grey. Please do not take my Küntzel away ... "

After his involvement with Energie Cottbus he played for FC Augsburg in the Bundesliga 2. Since then, he is active in various amateur clubs. First, in Bavaria division club TSG Thannhausen, where he indeed scored a goal in his first competitive game, the TSG but still could not save them from relegation in the national league. He then hired as player-coach at FC Pipinsried. In February 2012 Küntzel changed as a player in the squad of the BC Aichach and worked from April of the same year, temporarily, as an assistant coach. In June 2012, ended his active career as a player and concentrates fully on his coaching career.

Coaching career

On June 21, 2010 Küntzel signed a contract as player-coach at FC Pipinsried. In summer 2011 Küntzel returned as an assistant coach for FC Augsburg and assisted Ilija Aracic at the U- 19th From April to June 2012 Küntzel worked as an assistant coach at BC Aichach. Subsequently Küntzel 2012 was head coach of the Ascended in the Bavarian League club in the summer.