Ralf Außem (born 1 September 1960) is a German

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manager and former player who is youth team manager of

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Playing career

Außem made

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debut with

on 24 May 1980 against

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, though he only played two minutes in his debut performance. He made his name in the eighties with

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Managerial career

From 2002 to 2004 he managed

. He later became manager of

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. In September 2011, he was named caretaker manager of

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following the sacking of

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. After one game (a 0–0 against

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took the job and had it until 1 April 2012 when he was put on a leave, too. After that, Außem got the job again as a caretaker until the end of the 2011–12 season.

References

1960 births Living people German footballers Association football defenders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 1. FC Köln players FC Viktoria Köln players Hannover 96 players SC Fortuna Köln players German football managers Alemannia Aachen managers Rot-Weiss Essen managers 2. Bundesliga managers SC Fortuna Köln managers 3. Liga managers Footballers from Cologne 20th-century German people West German footballers {{Germany-footy-defender-1960s-stub