Frank Neubarth
Frank Neubarth ( born July 29, 1962 in Hamburg ) is a former German football player and coach.
Playing career
Association
Neubarth played 1982-1996 317 times for Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga, scoring 97 goals. In addition, he scored 4 goals in the DFB Cup and 13 goals in European club competition for Werder. Except for the season 1986/87 in every season he scored at least one Bundesliga goal. His debut for the SVW was the tall striker in the 1982 season / 83. At the time he came on Matchday 6, 18 September 1982 against 1 FC Cologne to his pro debut when einwechselte him Werder coach Otto Rehhagel in the 74th minute for Karl -Heinz Kamp. Already on Matchday Neubarth episode was the first time in the starting lineup of the Hanseatic city dwellers. In the match against 1.FC Kaiserslautern he also scored his first Bundesliga goal.
Against FC Vorwärts Frankfurt, the attacker came on September 29, 1982 his first international appearance. Despite the 0-2 defeat against Frankfurt, the team moved into the next round of the UEFA Cup. Behind Norbert Meier and Rudi Völler to Neubarth developed in the course of the season to striker number three and was thus more and more the seven years older Uwe Reinders from the rank. Finally, he managed in the following year the final breakthrough and graduated in the season between summer 1983 and summer of 1986, always more than 30 games. After Uwe Reinders left Bremen for 1985/86 season, Neubarth was placed next Völler. With twenty gates 1985/86 he also ran Voeller ( which, however, after a heavy challenge from Klaus Augenthaler half a year could not play ) from the rank and was first taken the safest player in the Bremer. In the scoresheet, he finished in third place.
Shortly after the start of the 1986/87 season is Neubarth injured and could not get used. From the summer of 1987, he had to fight his new place again. He was in competition with Manfred Burgsmüller, Frank and Karlheinz Riedle Ordenewitz. After the game time Neubarth was delighted to receive his first national title with the Green-Whites. In the German Cup they finished with four plus points against the Bayern Munich first place. Three years later, in 1991, he was the DFB Cup winner with the people of Bremen. In the final against 1.FC Cologne Neubarth stood up for 70 minutes on the court before he was replaced with Uwe Harttgen. With this victory, you were qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup. About the stations FC Bacau, Ferencvaros Budapest, Galatasaray and FC Bruges managed the club to the final against AS Monaco. After a 2-0 lead Neubarth was changed for Stefan Kohn. This projection was enough so that the Werder players could win a title and internationally.
In eight possible European games the offensive players came in the year of success on seven missions in the dress with the diamond. He scored three goals A year later, in 1993, was once again the German championship will be won, in the following year for the second time in Neubarths career of the DFB Cup. This time he came in the final game but not used. After Neubarth was ousted in the 1995/96 season by Bernd Hobsch and Vladimir Bestschastnych, he finished his career after the season. His last Bundesliga game, he completed the 34th game, 18th May 1996 against FC Schalke 04
National
Neubarth denied on April 2, 1988 his only 'A' game for the DFB. In preparation for the European Football Championship 1988 Germany coach Franz Beckenbauer called him in the squad of Germans. In the 1-0 win against Argentina in 81 minutes, the attacker came in to replace Dieter Eckstein.
Successes as a player
- German champions Werder Bremen with: 1988, 1993
- DFB Cup winner with Werder Bremen: 1991, 1994
- European Cup Winners' Cup with Werder Bremen: 1992
Coaching career
After his active career as a player he was from 1996 to January 9, 2002 worked as a youth and amateur coach at Werder Bremen. Then he coached from 1 July 2002 to 26 March 2003 as the successor of Huub Stevens FC Schalke 04 on its activities from 1 July 2004 to 2 October 2006, in the third division Holstein Kiel followed his commitment to FC Carl Zeiss Jena. There he was since April 11, 2007 head coach and successor to the sacked predecessor Heiko Weber. Under Neubarths line sporting the team of FC Carl Zeiss remained unbeaten in the last six games of the 2006/2007 season and was able to secure the league in the second division. After five games in the 2007/ 08 season of Jena, however, with only one point at end of table. Due to the lack of success the club parted on September 17, 2007 by Neubarth. In the 2009/10 season he helped in the short term as a coach of sechstklassigen Association SC Borg field. On 25 May 2011 he made his career end as a coach known for his justification Neubarth said that he had concluded with the professional football.
From November 2011 until his dismissal in April 2013 he was athletic director at VfB Oldenburg.