Rainer Widmayer
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rainer Widmayer | ||
Date of birth | 2 April 1967 | ||
Place of birth | Sindelfingen, West Germany | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1993 | 1. FC Pforzheim | ||
1993–1994 | TSF Ditzingen | ||
1994–1995 | VfR Pforzheim | ||
1995–1997 | SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg | 62 | (6) |
1997–1999 | SSV Ulm | 50 | (1) |
Teams managed | |||
2000–2005 | VfB Stuttgart II (Assistant manager) | ||
2001 | VfB Stuttgart II (Caretaker) | ||
2006–2007 | Grasshoppers (Assistant manager) | ||
2007–2008 | St. Gallen (Assistant manager) | ||
2008–2009 | VfB Stuttgart (Assistant manager) | ||
2010–2011 | Hertha BSC (Assistant manager) | ||
2011 | Hertha BSC (Caretaker) | ||
2012 | 1899 Hoffenheim (Assistant manager) | ||
2015–2019 | Hertha BSC (Assistant manager) | ||
2019–2020 | VfB Stuttgart (Assistant manager) | ||
2021– | Schalke 04 (Assistant manager) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Rainer Widmayer is a German football manager and former player. During his active career, he played mostly in the lower divisions, except his final season, during which he played in the 2. Bundesliga for SSV Ulm. As manager, he has been assistant manager of Swiss clubs FC St. Gallen and Grasshopper Club Zürich. In Germany, he assistant managed Hertha BSC and the reserves and professional squad of VfB Stuttgart. After Markus Babbel was sacked as manager of Hertha BSC, Widmayer was appointed caretaker of the Berlin club.[1] Several days later, having completed his duties of caretaker, Widmayer left Hertha altogether.[2] In 2012 Widmayer was assistant coach of Markus Babbel for TSG Hoffenheim.[3] In January 2021, Widmayer became assistant coach of the new head coach of Schalke 04, Christian Gross.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Hertha BSC stellt Cheftrainer Markus Babbel frei" [Hertha BSC releases manager Markus Babel] (in German). DFL. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
- ^ "Skibbe voller Tatendrang" [Skibbe full of zest] (in German). DFL. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "Freistellung Hoffenheim" [exemption Hoffenheim] (in German). TSG Hoffenheim. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ "Rainer Widmayer joins the coaching team". Schalke 04. 1 January 2021.
External links[]
- Rainer Widmayer at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- 1967 births
- People from Sindelfingen
- German footballers
- Association football defenders
- German football managers
- Hertha BSC managers
- Bundesliga managers
- Living people
- VfB Stuttgart II managers
- Footballers from Baden-Württemberg