Franz Gerber

Franz Gerber ( born November 27, 1953 in Munich) is a former football player, coach and manager.

Career

Player

After a year in the youth club TSV Eching Gerber joined in 1964 in the youth department of FC Bayern Munich, where he remained until 1971. For the 1971/72 season he was a member of the First Team and was coached by Udo Lattek on 15 April 1972 ( 28th Round ) - in 69 minutes off the bench for Wilhelm Hoffmann - in a 3-1 win at home against Hannover 96 its debut in the top division. Due to the powerful competition in Bayern squad ( Gerd Müller, Uli Hoeness, Franz herb Stockhausen, Edgar Schneider, Bernd Dürnberger ), he joined the 1972/73 season for FC St. Pauli, with which he masters was promptly but in the promotion round to the Premier League - and in the following season - failed.

His 33 goals in the 1973/74 season also made the Bundesliga side SV Wuppertal attention to him, which eventually took him under contract. Gerber's 12 goals in 30 games could not avoid relegation at the end of the season, however. The ascent was the Bergische 1975/76 as little; the " WSV " occupied despite Gerber's 19 goals in 32 games, only the fifth place in the table. Cup and Bundesliga promotion reach the striker and top scorer of the second League North (27 goals) until the following season - but in the jersey of FC St. Pauli. There, however, he fared as before with Wuppertal: The Bundesliga ascent followed in 1978 - despite Gerber's 16 goals - the immediate re descent.

From 1978 to 1980 - Gerber eventually went back to the old country - he stood at second division TSV 1860 Munich under the contract; last season - after the promotion to - in the Bundesliga, went opposite compared to Wuppertal and St. Pauli: The " 60 " managed to avoid relegation; Franz Gerber met only twice in 12 games.

1980/81 he signed the second division ESV Ingolstadt, for whom he met 23 times and the 16th place in the table occupied. 1981/82 the single-track 2 Bundesliga was introduced in the south and southwest tion states a total of 10 places. Ingolstadt's descent into the Amateur Oberliga Gerber led to Canada and then to switch to the United States, where he was active for the Calgary Boomers (Canada), the Tulsa Roughnecks and the Tampa Bay Rowdies (USA).

For the 1984/85 season he returned to Germany, played for second division side Hannover 96 and brought it, the 31 - year celebration, in 37 missions still on 12 goals and was his third promotion to the Bundesliga; but even here the descent followed a year later. Gerber ran 1985/86 nor in 18 Premier League matches.

His last stop was the second division FC St. Pauli, for which he was involved in the 1986/87 season with 15 goals in 34 games from reaching the third table space. On July 22, 1987 ( 1st Round ) - in a 3-0 away win at SG Union Solingen - he was seriously injured, so that he be replaced in the 46th minute ( for André Golke ) and end his career with only one league game had.

Gerber came in 93 league (30 goals), 213 second-division (115 goals), 18 DFB Cup games ( 7 goals) and 76 games ( 35 goals) overseas for use.

Manager and Coaches

Franz Gerber held from 1989 to 1996 the post of conductor at TuS Celle FC Sporting and acted in this period several times as interim and female youth coach.

The function of the Sporting manager / sporting director and coach, he held:

Others

Born on November 28, 1979 son Fabian - since 2009 the regional division club FC Ingolstadt 04 active - played in the meantime in the 2nd Bundesliga for FC St. Pauli and previously was - like his father - in Celle and Hanover operates.

Who also runs a sports agency - - because of his fondness for reptiles Gerber received early nicknamed " snake Franz".