Michael Lorenz (born 11 January 1979) is a German former

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who played as a defender or

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. He is currently the assistant coach of Arminia Klosterhardt. His brother, Stefan, was also a professional footballer.

Playing career

Lorenz began his career with FC Berlin, before joining

KFC Uerdingen 05 KFC Uerdingen 05 is a German football club in the Uerdingen district of the city of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. The former Bundesliga side enjoyed its greatest successes in the 1980s but now plays in the fifth-level Oberliga. History The ...

in 1998, where he made 15 appearances in the 2. Bundesliga. After Uerdingen were relegated, Lorenz returned north, joining

SV Babelsberg 03 SV Babelsberg 03 is a football in Germany, German association football club based in Potsdam-Potsdam-Babelsberg, Babelsberg, on the outskirts of Berlin. The team was founded as ''Sport-Club Jugendkraft 1903'' and again as ''SG Karl-Marx Babelsbe ...

, where he had four successful years, earning promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in 2001, before being relegated after one season. In 2003, Lorenz moved to

SC Paderborn 07 Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest successes since the turn of the mille ...

, before joining

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 ...

two years later. He returned to Uerdingen in 2010, retiring a year later.

Coaching career

From 2006 to 2011, Lorenz was also a youth coach (U12-U19) at SV Vonderort beside his playing career. He retired in the summer 0211 and from 2012 to 2014, Lorenz was head coach of DJK Arminia Klosterhardt's first team. For the 2014/15 season, he became head coach of the regional league club FC Kray. He left the position in the summer 2015. On 9 April 2016, he took over the coaching position at relegation-threatened

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club SSVg Velbert. But after only six games, Lorenz was released again. In April 2017 he took over the coaching position at the DJK Arminia Klosterhardt for the second time until the end of the season, where he also played a few game for the club's reserve team. At the end of July 2017, he was hired as a base coordinator/coach for the

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in his hometown,

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. His job was to coach 12–15 years-olds young boys in additional training and practice tests to get young players on the right path in cooperation with the

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. He left the position at the end of October 2018. On 21 November 2018, he returned once again to DJK Arminia Klosterhardt, this time as a sporting director. As of April 2020, he was still the club's sporting director.Zwei weitere Zugänge am Hans-Wagner-Weg
fupa.net, 24 April 2020

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lorenz, Michael 1979 births Living people People from East Berlin German footballers Footballers from Berlin Association football midfielders 2. Bundesliga players Berliner FC Dynamo players KFC Uerdingen 05 players SV Babelsberg 03 players SC Paderborn 07 players Rot-Weiss Essen players German football managers FC Kray managers SSVg Velbert managers