Uwe Fuchs (born 23 July 1966) is a German

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coach and former player.

Playing career

Fuchs was born in

Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern (; Palatinate German: ''Lautre'') is a city in southwest Germany, located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest. The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfur ...

. He was loaned to

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towards the end of the 1994–95 season, playing just 15 games, but was instrumental in helping the club win promotion to the Premier League, scoring nine league goals. Fuchs went on to become a cult figure at Middlesbrough; but he was not kept at the club by manager

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for the following season.

Managerial career

In January 2005, he took over the helm at the Wuppertaler SV (Regional Northern League). On 23 December 2008, he re-joined

Wuppertaler SV Wuppertaler SV is a German association football club located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. The city was founded in 1929 out of the union of a number of smaller towns including Elberfeld, Barmen, Vohwinkel, Cronenberg and Ronsdorf – e ...

, but was released on 2 April 2010. On 31 May 2011, he replaced Heiko Flottmann as manager of

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Personal life

His father Fritz Fuchs is also a coach and a former player. His uncle

Werner Fuchs Werner Fuchs (25 October 1948 – 11 May 1999) was a German football player and coach. Playing career Fuchs was born in Kaiserslautern. A centre forward, he began his professional career in 1967 with a professional contract at 1. FC Kais ...

was also a coach.

Honours

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considere ...

finalist: 1986–87, 1990–91 *

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 ...

runner-up: 1993–94 *

Football League First Division The Football League First Division was a division of the Football League in England from 1888 until 2004. It was the top division in the English football league system from the season 1888–89 until 1991–92, a century in which the First ...

(II): 1995

References

External links

Fuchs with cup winning side
at BBC * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fuchs, Uwe 1966 births Living people German footballers Germany under-21 international footballers German expatriate footballers FC 08 Homburg players Stuttgarter Kickers players SC Fortuna Köln players Fortuna Düsseldorf players 1. FC Köln players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players Middlesbrough F.C. players Millwall F.C. players Arminia Bielefeld players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players English Football League players Expatriate footballers in England German expatriate sportspeople in England German football managers Fortuna Düsseldorf managers Rot Weiss Ahlen managers Wuppertaler SV managers VfB Lübeck managers SC Fortuna Köln managers VfL Osnabrück managers 3. Liga managers Association football forwards West German footballers People from Kaiserslautern Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate