Frank Kramer (footballer, born 1972)

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Frank Kramer
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Kramer as a coach of Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-05-03) 3 May 1972 (age 49)[1]
Place of birth Memmingen, West Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Arminia Bielefeld (manager)
Youth career
0000–1990 FC Memmingen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 FC Memmingen 75 (8)
1993–1995 Bayern Munich II 27 (2)
1995–1996 TSV Vestenbergsgreuth 39 (1)
1996–1999 SC Weismain 82 (3)
1999–2001 1. FC Nürnberg II 40 (3)
2001–2002 Greuther Fürth II 27 (1)
2002–2003 1. SC Feucht 26 (1)
2003–2005 Greuther Fürth II 52 (14)
Total 368 (33)
Teams managed
2004 Greuther Fürth II
2005 Greuther Fürth II
2005–2009 Greuther Fürth U-19
2009–2011 Greuther Fürth II
2011–2012 1899 Hoffenheim II
2012 1899 Hoffenheim (caretaker)
2012–2013 1899 Hoffenheim II
2013–2015 Greuther Fürth
2015 Fortuna Düsseldorf
2016–2017 Germany U19
2017–2018 Germany U20
2018–2019 Germany U18
2021– Arminia Bielefeld
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Frank Kramer (born 3 May 1972) is a German football manager who manages Arminia Bielefeld.

Player career[]

From 1990 to 2005 he played as semi-professional for FC Memmingen, Bayern Munich II, TSV Vestenbergsgreuth, SC Weismain, 1. FC Nürnberg II, Greuther Fürth II (two spells) and 1. SC Feucht.

Managerial career[]

Early career[]

Kramer had three stints as Greuther Fürth II manager before moving to 1899 Hoffenheim.[1] At 1899 Hoffenheim, Kramer had two stints as 1899 Hoffenheim II manager.[1] In between stints, Kramer was interim manager of the first team after the sacking of Markus Babbel.[2]

Greuther Fürth[]

Greuther Fürth appointed Kramer as manager on 12 March 2013.[3]

He was sacked on 23 February 2015.[4]

Fortuna Düsseldorf[]

On 14 April 2015, it was announced that Kramer would be taking over as manager of Fortuna Düsseldorf from the beginning of the 2015–16 season.[5] He had his first training session on 20 June 2015.[6] He was sacked on 22 November 2015.[7]

Germany youth[]

He was appointed as the head coach of the Germany U19 national team on 23 August 2016.[8] In the following years, he also managed the U20- and U18 squad.

Red Bull Salzburg[]

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Kramer was appointed head of the youth academy at FC Red Bull Salzburg.[9]

Arminia Bielefeld[]

Kramer became manager of Bundesliga club Arminia Bielefeld on 2 March 2021, succeeding Uwe Neuhaus. He signed a contract until 2023.[10]

Managerial record[]

As of 21 January 2022
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Greuther Fürth II 11 February 2004[1] 30 June 2004[1] 12 5 2 5 041.67
Greuther Fürth II 25 May 2005[1] 30 June 2005[1] 2 0 0 2 000.00
Greuther Fürth II 1 July 2009[1] 30 June 2011[1] 64 28 11 25 043.75
1899 Hoffenheim II 1 July 2011[1] 2 December 2012[1] 53 24 14 15 045.28
1899 Hoffenheim 3 December 2012[2] 18 December 2012[1] 2 0 0 2 000.00
1899 Hoffenheim II 18 December 2012[1] 11 March 2013[1] 1 1 0 0 100.00
Greuther Fürth 12 March 2013[3] 23 February 2015[4] 71 27 21 23 038.03
Fortuna Düsseldorf 20 June 2015[5][6] 22 November 2015[7] 15 3 4 8 020.00
Arminia Bielefeld 2 March 2021 present 34 9 14 11 026.47
Total 254 97 66 91 038.19

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Frank Kramer" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b "1899 drückt Reset: Babbel entlassen!". kicker (in German). 3 December 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Kramers Elf soll "bisschen genießen dürfen"". kicker (in German). 12 March 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Fürth entlässt Kramer – Büskens übernimmt" (in German). kicker. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Kramer übernimmt die Fortuna" (in German). kicker. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  6. ^ a b Schulze, Thomas (20 June 2015). "Fortunas Spieler müssen bluten" (in German). Düsseldorf. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Düsseldorf beurlaubt Trainer Kramer". dfb.de (in German). Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Kuntz und Kramer neu im DFB-Trainerstab". dfb.de (in German). Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  9. ^ "U-18-Coach Kramer wird Akademieleiter in Salzburg". kicker (in German). 26 April 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Bielefeld: Frank Kramer wird neuer Arminia-Trainer". kicker (in German). 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

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