Gerd Friedrich Horst Zeise (born 6 September 1952) is a German football manager, currently the head coach of

Yangon United Yangon United Football Club ( my, ရန်ကုန် ယူနိုက်တက် ဘောလုံးအသင်း ) is a Burmese football club, based at Yangon United Sports Complex, in Yangon, Myanmar. Owned by Tay Za, a prominent Burme ...

in Myanmar National League. He is best known for coaching the Myanmar national team from 2015 to 2018. Since the beginning of his engagement in Myanmar's football landscape in 2011, he was responsible for coaching the U-19, U-20, U-21 and U-23 teams and led them through various tournaments. In 2015, Zeise was appointed head coach of the Myanmar national team after the departure of Radojko Avramović. One of the most remarkable achievements during his time in Myanmar is the 2011 BIDC Cup, held in Cambodia with Myanmar’s U-21 team. In the same tournament, in 2013, the Burmese team finished as runners-up. among a field of U-23 teams. Furthermore, Zeise won the

2014 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy The 2014 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy was the fifth edition of the invitational tournament hosted by Brunei. The tournament take place in Brunei from 9–23 August 2014. Eleven teams from the Asean Football Federation participate in the tournament fo ...

tournament in Brunei with Myanmar’s participating U-19 team among all U-21 teams of South East Asia. In 2015, Zeise made history after leading the Myanmar under-20 team to the

2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the twentieth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The competition took place for the first time in New Zealand, the third time on Oceanian soil after ...

. The following year, he coached Myanmar during the

2016 AFF Championship The 2016 AFF Championship, sponsored by Suzuki and officially known as the AFF Suzuki Cup 2016, was the 11th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of nations affiliated to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The whole tourn ...

which the country co-hosted. After 12 long years, the ''Chinthe'' reached the semi-finals for the first time, where they were beaten by their fellow co-hosts

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

. Zeise left by mutual consent in March 2018, after the team was beaten by

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

and failed to qualify for the

2019 AFC Asian Cup The 2019 AFC Asian Cup was the 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in the United Arab Emirates from 5 January to 1 ...

. Zeise started his career in several clubs in Germany, such as Rot-Weiss Essen, FC 08 Homburg, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and Wuppertaler SV. After that he coached the first division

KRC Harelbeke KRC Harelbeke is a Belgian football club based in Harelbeke, West Flanders. It is the result of the merger between the former club with the same name K.R.C. Zuid-West-Vlaanderen and K.S.V. Ingelmunster in 2002. The club was founded in 1930 as ...

and also managed

SHB Đà Nẵng SHB Da Nang Football Club (), simply known as SHB Da Nang, is a Vietnamese professional football club based in Da Nang that plays in the top division in Vietnamese football, V.League 1. The club was known as Quang Nam-Da Nang FC ( vi, Câu l� ...

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

and

New Radiant SC New Radiant Sports Club is a Maldivian professional football club based in Henveiru – Malé, Maldives. The club was founded on 19 August 1979 by Ahmed Waheed and his friend Ahammadhanik. New Radiant has won all domestic competitions bei ...

in the

Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

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Gerd Zeise Interview
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