Frank Gerster

Frank Gerster ( born April 15, 1976 in Kempten ( Allgäu) ) is a German football player and coach.

Career

Clubs

Already four year Gerster began at FC Kempten with the football games and moved 16 -year-old in the youth department of FC Augsburg. With the A-Juniors FC Augsburg he won in 1993 with a 3-1 victory against 1 FC Kaiserslautern, the German championship - to which he contributed a goal - and on June 26, 1994 in Augsburg with a 2-1 victory against 1 FC Köln DFB youth football Cup. 18 -year-old he was in 1994 from Bayern Munich for their Regional Team committed for which he enters 108 league games until 1998, scoring 17 goals and U-20 later U-21 national team was.

For the 1996/1997 season he was promoted to the first team, for which he ( 22 Matchday) on March 12, 1997 - on as a substitute in the 79th minute for Marcel Witeczek - debuted in the 0-2 defeat at Arminia Bielefeld in the Bundesliga and with only three brief appearances won the German championship. Internationally, he made ​​his debut on 10 December 1997 during the 0-1 defeat in their final group match of the Champions League against IFK Göteborg. The following season he was only a substitute in five games. Since he could not prevail against the internationally experienced players Christian Nerlinger, Dietmar Hamann and Michael Tarnat, he moved to the 1998/99 season for Premier League rivals Eintracht Frankfurt. Used since he arrived there in two seasons only on 20 February 1999 ( 19 Matchday) in the 1:4 defeat at TSV 1860 Munich, he moved - after during the first season ( Gerster should be delivered ) and also in the following season was no interested - for season 2000/ 01 for second division side SSV Reutlingen 05

In Reutlingen Gerster had initially a place in central midfield, but lost this game after a few days to Ralf Becker. With the relegation of his club at the end of the season 2002/ 03 Gerster also left this as it does not progress beyond a role as a reserve player. In two seasons, he was in 34 meetings, of which the least over the entire season, employed, he scored two goals. With the Oberliga Hessen Borussia Fulda Gerster took place in the 2003/04 season a new club. For the 2004/ 05 season the Hessian Football Association refused to allow the club the license and Gerster joined the Saxon Oberliga FC Sachsen Leipzig.

In his first season with the Saxons he won 2-1 after extra time over the third division Chemnitz FC the Saxons Cup and qualified for the DFB Cup. With the third place in the table, the goal comeback was missed. In the season 2005/ 06 Gerster was captain of the team. After a difficult start, trainer Wolfgang Frank was released in October 2005 and succeeded by his assistant coach Hans -Jörg Leitzke. Leitzke sat Gerster from as captain and no longer considered him in the other league games. Gerster then left the club during the winter break free transfer and joined the third division Kickers Emden. Equipped only with a contract until the end of the season he left the East Frisian club after half a year and moved to the Regional promoted 1.FC Magdeburg for whom he played as a regular player 34 league games. With the club, he finished at the end of the season the 3rd place in the table and just narrowly missed promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga. In the season 2007/ 08, in the Gerster came to 32 missions with three goals scored, missed the first FC Magdeburg qualification for the newly founded 3rd Liga. The subsequent contract negotiations led to an agreement. After Gerster initially remained without a club, he signed on 4 September 2008 at the Regional division Chemnitz FC for one year. Here he came, however, due to injuries only to four inserts. In the summer of 2009, Frank Gerster then finished his active career.

In the season 2010/11 he was assistant coach of the regional league Borussia Dortmund II, who finished the season with sixth place in the table. After the season he left the club and later opened as a player consultant - in collaboration with the office of Dr. Udo grain Meier - the agency Hattrick Sports (October 2013).

In January 2013 he announced his comeback player, the group league Frankfurt am Main / West TSV Vatanspor Bad Homburg. Since the fall of 2013 he also acts as player-coach of the club Vatanspor.

National

Gerster took part in the World Youth Championship 1995 in Qatar part and came in three games of the first round ( April 14, a 1-1 draw against Cameroon, April 17, 1-2 defeat against Costa Rica and 20 April, a 1-1 draw against Australia ) was used. His other three games for the U-20 national team, he completed before December 13, 1994 ( 2-2 against Nigeria ) as well as on 23 and 25 January 1995 to Portugal and Spain, which were both lost with 1:3. For the U-21 national team, he played 14 times, where he was employed for the first time on 26 March 1996 in Regensburg during the 0-0 draw against the selection Denmark. His first goal he scored on 9 September 1997 in Solingen 's 7-0 victory over the selection of Armenia. His last game he played on 24 March 1998 in Beirut 's 7-0 victory over the A-team of Lebanon.

Achievements

• German A- Junior Champion 1993 ( with FC Augsburg)
• DFB youth football Cup winners 1994 ( with FC Augsburg)
• German Champion 1997 ( with the Bayern Munich)
• League Cup winners 1997 ( FC Bayern München)
• DFB Cup winners 1998 ( FC Bayern München)