Petrik Sander (born 17 November 1960 in

Quedlinburg Quedlinburg () is a town situated just north of the Harz mountains, in the district of Harz in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. As an influential and prosperous trading centre during the early Middle Ages, Quedlinburg became a center of in ...

) is a German former

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and currently the manager of

FSV Budissa Bautzen The Fußballspielvereinigung Budissa Bautzen is a German association football club from Bautzen, Saxony. Founded as ''Fußballclub Budissa Bautzen'' on 24 May 1904, the club participated in East German football after World War II. History '' ...

Player career

He played over 150 games in the

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for

FC Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus (Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons in ...

and Motor Nordhausen.

Coaching career

In 1997, he became assistant manager at

. He was later made head coach, when

Eduard Geyer Eduard "Ede" Geyer (born 7 October 1944) is a German former professional football player and manager. He was the last manager of the East German national team. Playing career Geyer was born in Bielsko (Bielitz), during the German occupation ...

left the club. In 2006, he led the club to promotion into the

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. His first season as a

-coach ended with a 13th place, and the club was secured another year in the league. However, due to bad results in the beginning of the 2007–08 season, he was sacked on 23 September 2007. On 21 November 2008, he signed a contract as head coach at

VfR Aalen Verein für Rasenspiele 1921 Aalen e.V., known simply as VfR Aalen, is a German football club based in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg. The football team is part of a larger sports club which also offers its members gymnastics, table tennis, and cheer ...

and was fired on 5 May 2009. After seven months without a job, he signed as head coach of

TuS Koblenz TuS Koblenz is a German association football club, located in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Fussball Club Deutschland Neuendorf, which was formed in 1911, is viewed as the foundation of the modern club. History Nazi era (1933–1945) The or ...

on 27 December 2009. He left Koblenz in 2011 after their relegation from the 3. Liga, becoming manager of

FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia. Formed in 1903 and initially associated with the Carl Zeiss AG factory, they were one of the strongest clubs in East Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s, winning the DDR-Obe ...

in November 2011. He was sacked by Jena shortly after the start of the 2013–14 season. On 1 January 2015 he returned to

. On 28 February 2019, he was appointed as manager of

.Sander folgt auf Gütschow als Bautzen-Trainer
mdr.de, 28 February 2019

References

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