Alexander Straus (born 20 October 1975) is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

football coach. He has been the head coach of FC Bayern München's women's team since July 2022. He started his coaching career in Varegg. He was an active player in the same club. Straus was wanted as assistent coach for Nest-Sotra in 2013. The club had at the time David Nielsen as head coach. And Straus accepted the job. The two coaches lead the club in their promotion to First Division from

Second Division In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...

. After that, Nielsen was wanted as

Ronny Deila Ronny Deila (born 21 September 1975) is a Norwegian football manager and former player, who is the manager of Standard Liège. He spent most of his playing career at Odd before becoming head coach at Strømsgodset, winning the Norwegian Cup in ...

's assistant in Strømsgodset, so Straus became the head coach for Nest-Sotra in their first season in First Division. In 2014, David Nielsen became the head coach for Strømsgodset. And again, Straus was wanted as assitant coach. Straus accepted the job. In total, he worked for the club for 3.5 year, first as assistant coach, then as head of youth development. In 2018, Straus became the head coach for

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. With Straus as coach, the team came to their first cup finale since 1995 and came fourth in the league. The autumn 2018, Straus was hired as head coach for Norway women's national under-23 team. From the Summer of 2019, he also became the coach for Norway national under-19 team. In September 2020 it became official that Straus again was going to be the head coach for

. In 2021, the club won

for the first time, in addition to reaching the cup finale. Before the 2022 season, it was decided that Sandviken should be a part of

SK Brann Sportsklubben Brann (commonly known as Brann, and less often as SK Brann) is a Norwegian professional football club, founded 26 September 1908, from Bergen. Brann had been in the Eliteserien, Norway's Premier Division of Football, since 1987, bar ...

, and Straus, therefore, was Brann Kvinner's first head coach. In June 2022, it became official that Straus was the new head coach for

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