Norbert Elgert (born 13 January 1957) is a German
football
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manager and former player. He is the manager of the U19 team of
Schalke 04 since 1996 (with a short interruption).
Elgert won the
German U19 championship with the team in 2006, 2012 and 2015.
He coached the later German world champions
Mesut Özil
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,
Manuel Neuer,
Benedikt Höwedes
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and
Julian Draxler
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as well as
Leroy Sané
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,
Joël Matip
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and
Sead Kolašinac.
In 2013, he was named the German coach of the year by the
German Football Association
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.
He is a member of the Schalke Hall of Fame (''"Ehrenkabine"'').
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1957 births
Living people
German football managers
German men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
FC Schalke 04 players
SC Westfalia Herne players
VfL Osnabrück players
SG Wattenscheid 09 players
Footballers from Gelsenkirchen
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