Jürgen Röber (born 25 December 1953) is a German football manager and former player.

Playing career

Röber's

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

career lasted 12 years with a one year interruption, when he played in Canada and England. His greatest success as a player was winning the national German championship with Bayern Munich in 1981. He played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Coaching career

Röber started his manager career in 1991 at the club where he had ended his active career,

Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club currently plays in the 3. Liga, at the Stadion an der Hafenstraße. The team won the DFB-Pokal in 1953, and the German championship in 195 ...

. His Bundesliga debut as manager was in 1994 with the

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB S ...

. His most successful time so far was as coach of Hertha BSC. In 1997, he led the team to promotion, only two years later Hertha finished at third position and made their entry into the Champions League. After two more engagements at

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...

and

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: **AK Partizan, athletics ** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling ** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo **FK Partizan, association fo ...

he signed at

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional fo ...

in December 2006. On 12 March 2007 he resigned, because he said he wasn't able "to reach the team". Röber was with Saturn Ramenskoye from 21 August 2008 to 15 May 2009. Röber signed for

Ankaraspor Ankaraspor Kulübü (), formerly known as Osmanlıspor (), is a Turkish professional football club based in the country's capital Ankara. Founded in 1978, the club competes in the TFF Second League. History Ankaraspor was founded as "Ankara Bele ...

in summer 2009.

Coaching record

Honours

Player

Bayern Munich *

: 1980–81

Manager

Hertha BSC *

DFL-Ligapokal The DFL-Ligapokal (, officially Premiere Ligapokal , previously DFB-Ligapokal ) or the ''German League Cup'' was a German football competition that took place before the start of the Bundesliga season, featuring the top five teams of the previous B ...

: 2001

References

External links

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NASL Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rober, Jurgen 1953 births Living people German footballers West German expatriate sportspeople in Canada German football managers Germany B international footballers FK Partizan managers Borussia Dortmund managers VfB Stuttgart managers VfL Wolfsburg managers Hertha BSC managers SV Werder Bremen players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players FC Bayern Munich footballers Nottingham Forest F.C. players Rot-Weiss Essen players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players English Football League players FC Saturn Ramenskoye managers Russian Premier League managers Bundesliga managers 2. Bundesliga managers German expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Russia Expatriate football managers in Serbia and Montenegro Expatriate football managers in Turkey Rot-Weiss Essen managers Süper Lig managers German expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in England West German expatriate sportspeople in England Calgary Boomers players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Association football midfielders Footballers from Saxony-Anhalt West German footballers West German expatriate footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Russia German expatriate sportspeople in Serbia German expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate soccer players in Canada People from Recklinghausen (district) Sportspeople from Münster (region) Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia