Markus Weinzierl
Mark Weinzierl ( born December 28, 1974 in Straubing ) is a former German football player and current coach.
Playing career
About the youth clubs TSV Straubing (until 1989 ) and 1st FC Passau (until 1994) as well as the other jurisdictions SV ( 1994/ 95) came Weinzierl to Bayern Munich, for the amateurs he played until 1999. For the first team squad he belonged in the season 1998/99, but came to no duty stake.
In 1999 he moved to the Stuttgarter Kickers, where he graduated to 2001 40 second division games. His debut in professional football, he announced on August 15, 1999 (1st Round ) at the 1:4 defeat in the away game against Alemannia Aachen; his only hit he succeeded in the following season, on December 16, 2000 ( 18th Round ) when he opened the scoring to make it 1-0 from the penalty spot in a 3-1 win at Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.
With the descent of the Stuttgarter Kickers Weinzierl joined the second division club SpVgg Unterhaching, for which he played, however, only four months to join the regional league SSV Jahn Regensburg in January 2002. An injury forced him in 2005 to end his playing career. Weinzierl played seven games in the DFB Cup competition: (Stuttgarter Kickers 3), ( SpVgg Unterhaching 2), ( SSV Jahn Regensburg 2).
Coaching career
In April 2006, he returned as an assistant coach by Günter Güttler for later fourth division SSV Jahn Regensburg, where he held since November 2008 - the dismissal of Thomas Kristl - the position of head coach. He led the Upper Palatinate in the season 2011/12 on the Relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga. Weinzierl said about his early days as head coach, he had jumped into the cold water, swam and did not perish.
On May 17, 2012 - a few days after the rise of success with the Jahn - announced the FC Augsburg that Weinzierl / 13 the new head coach for the 2012 season will. He took over the team of Jos Luhukay, who resigned after the last game of the preseason, and managed just nine points from the Hinserie with a great second half in the league with the FCA. He is also in January 2014 still the youngest head coach in the Bundesliga.
Achievements
- League with FC Augsburg in the Bundesliga 1
- Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga as a player in 2003 and coach in 2012
- Master of Bavaria Liga 2007 ( and promotion to the Football Regionalliga Süd ) as an assistant coach
- Qualification (with a degree in ninth place ) 2008 new single-track 3 League as an assistant coach