Michael Frontzeck
Michael Frontzeck (2013 )
Michael Frontzeck ( born March 26, 1964 in Mönchengladbach ) is a former German football player and current coach.
Career
As a player
Frontzeck was a student at the high school Odenkirchen in Mönchengladbach and began his football career at the SpVg 05/ 07 Odenkirchen. He played from 1982 to 2000 as a left-back in the Bundesliga for Borussia Mönchengladbach ( 1982-1989, 1995/96 and 1999-2000), VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum and SC Freiburg and completed in this time 436 Bundesliga games, in which he scored 37 goals. The greatest success of his career was the German championship in the 1991/92 season with VfB Stuttgart. In addition Frontzeck stood in the seasons 95/96 and 96/ 97 in England at Manchester City under contract and played in the 1st and 2nd English league.
In the national team he had 1984-1992 19 missions and it was with the team in the European Football Championship in Sweden in 1992 Vice European Champion.
As a coach
After his playing career, he was in July 2000, together with Manfred Stefes assistant coach Hans Meyer at Borussia Mönchengladbach and completed at the same time the football teacher training in Cologne, which he passed with distinction. Under Meyer's successor Ewald Lienen he continued his work at Mönchengladbach and was released in September 2003 along with Lengerich.
In the spring of 2004 he was engaged Lengerich, who had hired at Hannover 96, for the position of assistant coach. In November 2005 they were released together again.
In the season 2006/ 07 Frontzeck occurred after three games over from Dieter Hecking as manager of Alemannia Aachen, who had been recruited by Hannover 96. With Aachen Frontzeck got off to the 2nd Bundesliga. Immediately after the last season game against Hamburger SV he joined on May 19, 2007 Back from the coach office.
On 1 January 2008, Michael Frontzeck new head coach of Arminia Bielefeld. He signed a contract until 30 June 2009 and succeeded in the 2007/ 08 season with Arminia Bielefeld by a 2-2 at VfB Stuttgart in the league in the 1st Bundesliga. The contract was extended until 2010.
After completion of the 33rd day he was born on 17 May 2009, one day after a 0-6 defeat at Borussia Dortmund, on leave from the Board with immediate effect. It was the second time in the history of the Bundesliga ( after Fritz Pliska with Rot-Weiss Essen in June 1967) that a coach was delivered with a game left in the season of his duties.
From 1 July 2009 Michael Frontzeck was head coach of Borussia Mönchengladbach. The dated to 30 June 2011 contract was extended to June 2013 on 18 July 2010. On February 13, 2011 Frontzeck was fired as coach; This was due to defeats against the two direct competitors in the relegation battle, the VfB Stuttgart and FC St. Pauli.
On 3 October 2012, he took over at FC St. Pauli as coach and succeeds the previously furloughed coach André Schubert. He managed to avoid relegation with the club, however, was on leave on November 6, 2013, since he and the club's management had different ideas about the timing of his contract extension.
Family
Frontzeck is married since April 12, 1987 and has two children. His father was Friedhelm 1959-1963 also player at Borussia Moenchengladbach and won the 1960 DFB Cup.