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Ralf Rangnick
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German association football manager (born 1958)
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Ralf Rangnick is a German soccer manager and former player. Born on June 29, 1958, he stands 181 centimeters tall. His professional career in soccer includes managing the Austria team. He is also described as a speaker and philanthropist.
Rangnick has authored five works. He maintains an official website and is referenced by 512 other encyclopedia articles.
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Key facts
- 2011
- Schalke 04
- 2022
- Austria
- Full name
- Ralf Dietrich Rangnick
- Date of birth
- ( 1958-06-29 ) 29 June 1958 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Backnang , West Germany
- Height
- 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
- Position
- Defensive midfielder
- Current team
- Austria (head coach)
- Years
- Team
- 1976 1979
- VfB Stuttgart II
- 1979 1980
- Southwick
- 1980 1982
- VfR Heilbronn
- 1982 1983
- Ulm 1846
- 1983 1985
- FC Viktoria Backnang
- 1987 1988
- TSV Lippoldsweiler
- 1985 1987
- VfB Stuttgart II
- 1988 1990
- SC Korb
- 1990 1994
- VfB Stuttgart U19
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Ralf Rangnick - football coach, speaker and philanthropist
Ralf Rangnick - a person with many facets ✓ football coach ✓ sports director ✓ club manager ✓ speaker ✓ sponsor of children - get to know him
ralfrangnick.com →Link to the official site · 1,820 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Backnang
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Sport
- association football
- Position played
- midfielder
- Official website
- ralfrangnick.com
- Image
- 2022-07-30 Fußball, Männer, DFL-Supercup, RB Leipzig - FC Bayern München 1DX 3148 by Stepro.jpg
- Height
- 181
- Work location
- Stuttgart
Show 7 more facts
- sports discipline competed in
- association football
- name in native language
- Ralf Rangnick
- Commons category
- Ralf Rangnick
- date of birth
- 1958-06-29
- Commons gallery
- Ralf Rangnick
- coach of sports team
- SSV Reutlingen 05
- birth name
- Ralf Dietrich Rangnick
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Encyclopedic overview
Ralf Dietrich Rangnick ( German: [ʁalf ˈdiːtʁɪç ˈʁaŋnɪk]; born 29 June 1958) is a German professional football coach, executive, and former player who is currently the head coach of the Austria national team.
Rangnick began his coaching career in 1983, succeeding his career as a player, at age 25. In 1997, he was hired by former club Ulm 1846, with whom he won the Regionalliga Süd in his debut season. Rangnick was then appointed by Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart, winning the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2000, but was dismissed in 2001. He subsequently joined Hannover 96, winning the 2. Bundesliga, but was dismissed in 2004. After a brief period with Schalke 04, Rangnick joined TSG Hoffenheim in 2006, and achieved successive promotions to the Bundesliga. He departed the club in 2011 and returned to Schalke 04, where he won the 2011 DFB-Pokal and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League. He later served as head coach at RB Leipzig across two periods between 2015 and 2019.
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