Frank Engel (born 15 February 1951) is a German

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who manages the Germany U15 national team. From 1 January 2006 until 2009 he managed Germany's Under-18 national team.

Club career

Born in

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, Engel began his playing career at BSG DIMO Böhlitz-Ehrenberg in a suburb of Leipzig, before moving on to

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side BSG Chemie Leipzig. Here he played for the youth team, but already had to end his playing days without playing a single senior game due to prolonged back problems.

Managerial career

Engel took up managing immediately after his playing days had come to an end, working as a youth coach for Chemie Leipzig until 1976, when he found work with the

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, the East German football association. He coached the youth national teams, U15 to U19. Altogether, he was in charge of a national team for 195 matches, and coached later stars such as

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and

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. In 1988 his team won the bronze medal at the Under-16 European Championship in Spain. The East Germans beat their West German counterparts under

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in the third-place playoff. After

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, Engel managed a number of clubs, among the 2. Bundesliga side Carl Zeiss Jena and former East German top-flight teams 1. FC Magdeburg and Rot-Weiß Erfurt. He gained some international experience managing Daewoo Royals FC in South Korea and

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in Egypt. In South Korea, He became a historical first foreign manager in

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history. Additionally he was assistant manager at

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and

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, always under

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. Since 2006 he has again been working with the youth national teams, first with the U18 as the successor of

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, then the Under-19 national team and now with the Under-15 team.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Engel, Frank 1951 births Living people East German football managers East German men's footballers German football managers German expatriate football managers Busan IPark managers 1. FC Magdeburg managers FC Carl Zeiss Jena managers German expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Expatriate football managers in Egypt German expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate football managers in South Korea Footballers from Leipzig FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt managers Men's association football players not categorized by position