Alexander Schmidt (born 23 October 1968) is a German former

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and manager, who last managed

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Coaching career

Schmidt started his coaching career as youth coach at

FC Augsburg Fußball-Club Augsburg 1907 e. V., commonly known as FC Augsburg () or Augsburg, is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. FC Augsburg play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. The team was founded as ...

and later

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. In July 2012, Schmidt became head coach of 1860 Munich II and then became head coach of the first team on 18 November 2012, when Reiner Maurer was sacked. Schmidt was sacked on 31 August 2013 and temporarily replaced by

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as caretaker and later by

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as permanent replacement. On 1 July 2014, Schmidt started managing

Jahn Regensburg Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club is based on a gymnastics club founded in 1886 a ...

. He was sacked on 10 November 2014. He was sacked by Türkgücü München in February 2021, after starting the job in the summer of 2020. On 26 April 2021, he took over the head coach position at

Dynamo Dresden Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden e.V., commonly known as SG Dynamo Dresden or Dynamo Dresden, are a German association football club based in Dresden, Saxony.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Ka ...

, originally only on a short contract until the end of the 2020–21 season. However, after his team won six out of seven games without conceding a single goal and secured promotion to the

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, Schmidt's contract was extended until 2023. Schmidt was sacked on 1 March 2022 after seven games without a win and falling to 14th place. In July 2022, Schmidt became head coach of

Regionalliga Südwest The Regionalliga Südwest ( en, Regional League Southwest) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together wit ...

club

but was sacked after nine games on 21 September 2022.

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* 1968 births Living people German football managers TSV 1860 Munich managers SSV Jahn Regensburg managers SKN St. Pölten managers Dynamo Dresden managers Kickers Offenbach managers 2. Bundesliga managers 3. Liga managers Regionalliga managers FC Augsburg players Sportspeople from Augsburg Association football defenders Footballers from Bavaria German footballers German expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Austria German expatriate sportspeople in Austria FC Pipinsried players TSV Schwaben Augsburg players {{Germany-footy-bio-stub