Wolfgang Wolf

Wolfgang Wolf (born 24 September 1957) is a German football coach and a former player.^[2]

Wolfgang Wolf

Personal information
Date of birth	(1957-09-24) 24 September 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth	Tiefenthal, West Germany
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1976	VfR Hettenleidelheim
1976–1988	1. FC Kaiserslautern	248	(11)
1988–1992	Stuttgarter Kickers	131	(9)
1992–1993	VfR Mannheim
Total		379	(20)
Managerial career
1993–1998	Stuttgarter Kickers (athletic director)
1994–1998	Stuttgarter Kickers
1998–2003	VfL Wolfsburg
2003–2005	1. FC Nürnberg
2005–2007	1. FC Kaiserslautern
2009	Skoda Xanthi
2010–2011	Kickers Offenbach
2011–2012	Hansa Rostock
2014–2015	1. FC Nürnberg (sporting director)[1]
2019–2020	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Wolf was born in Tiefenthal. As a player, he spent twelve seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Stuttgarter Kickers.

Coaching career

Wolf spent eight more seasons in the Bundesliga as a coach with VfL Wolfsburg, 1. FC Nürnberg and 1. FC Kaiserslautern.^[3] In July 2009 Wolf joined Super League Greece club Skoda Xanthi F.C. but left the club in September 2009 for personal reasons.^[4] On 9 February 2010, Wolf was named as the new head coach of Kickers Offenbach, replacing Steffen Menze.^[4] In October 2019, he became new manager of 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig.^[5]

Personal life

His son Patrick Wolf also became a professional footballer. In June 2012, Wolf signed his son while working as manager for Hansa Rostock.^[6]

Coaching record

As of 30 June 2020

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %	Ref.
Stuttgarter Kickers	26 October 1994[3]	18 February 1998[3]	115	61	27	27	053.04	[3]
VfL Wolfsburg	23 March 1998[3]	4 March 2003[3]	195	77	53	65	039.49	[7]
1. FC Nürnberg	30 April 2003[3]	1 November 2005[3]	89	33	19	37	037.08	[8]
1. FC Kaiserslautern	21 November 2005[3]	11 April 2007[3]	52	17	18	17	032.69	[3]
Skoda Xanthi	1 July 2009[3]	15 September 2009[3]	3	0	1	2	000.00
Kickers Offenbach	9 February 2010[3]	26 February 2011[3]	45	20	11	14	044.44	[3]
Hansa Rostock	7 December 2011[3]	3 September 2012[3]	27	6	8	13	022.22	[3]
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	20 October 2019[3]	30 June 2020[3]	17	10	7	0	058.82	[3]
Total			543	224	144	175	041.25	—

Honours

• DFB-Pokal finalist: 1980–81

References

1. "Club und Wolfgang Wolf gehen getrennte Wege" (in German). FC Nürnberg. 23 September 2015.
2. "Wolfgang Wolf" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
3. "Wolfgang Wolf" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
4. "Neuer Kickers-Trainer: Wolfgang Wolf" [New Kickers Coach: Wolfgang Wolf] (in German). op-online.de. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
5. "Wolfgang Wolf auch Trainer bei Lok Leipzig" [Wolfgang Wolf now manager of Lok Leipzig] (in German). fussball.de. 20 October 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
6. "Wolfgang Wolf holt seinen Sohn Patrick zu Hansa" (in German). kicker.de. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
7. "VfL Wolfsburg - Trainerhistorie" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
8. "1. FC Nürnberg" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 26 April 2014.

External links

• Wolfgang Wolf at fussballdaten.de (in German)