André Gumprecht

André Gumprecht (* November 26, 1974 in Jena ) is a German football player.

Career

André Gumprecht began with the professional football in 1992 at Bayer 04 Leverkusen, but could not prevail there. In 1993 he moved to Italy for U.S. Lecce. After 16 games in two years, he moved to Cologne, Prussia, before players of the SG Wattenscheid 09 in the same year. In Wattenscheid he was a regular player and brought it to 59 games and a goal. Bayer 04 midfielder won the 1998 back to the Rhine. He made 27 games in a season, but in 1999 moved to VfL Halle 1896. Additional stations were the FSV Zwickau and Dresdner SC.

2002 moved Gumprecht to Australia, where he played for Perth Glory. He scored 4 goals in 34 games for Australians and even won the championship. A season later he was in the squad of Parramatta Power. With his club he was in the last final of the Australian National Soccer League, but his former club Perth Glory had to concede defeat.

In 2004 he briefly played in Singapore for the Singapore Armed Forces FC in 2005 and moved to the newly formed A-League to the Central Coast Mariners, where he was elected for the 2005/ 06 season as the best player of the year within the team.

After the Mariners had lost in May 2009 in the AFC Champions League 2009 against Tianjin Teda and could win up to now not a single game, some players have, including Gumprecht dismissed. He joined the New South Wales Premier League to the Bonnyrigg White Eagles.

As of January 2010, he plays for Sydney Olympic, where he explained his pro career end on 16 June 2010. Since then he has played at amateur base as a midfielder for the Northern New South Wales State Football League Club Lake Macquarie City FC.

Coaching career

In May 2010 he became player-coach of Sydney Olympic gave this office but with his resignation on 16 June. Since 2009 he has overseen as assistant coach the women's soccer team Newcastle United Jets Women.

Trivia

In February 2008, Gumprecht dressed on the occasion of Mad Mondays as Adolf Hitler. Then he publicly apologized for it. The Australian Football Association initiated a disciplinary action.