Wolfgang Wolf (born 24 September 1957) is a German
football
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coach and a former player.
Career
Wolf was born in
Tiefenthal
Tiefenthal is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
The municipality lies in a sm ...
. As a player, he spent twelve seasons in the
Bundesliga
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with
1. FC Kaiserslautern and
Stuttgarter Kickers
Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers.
History
In its early years the club had a decent local squad that played in the Südk ...
.
Coaching career
Wolf spent eight more seasons in the Bundesliga as a coach with
VfL Wolfsburg
Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...
,
1. FC Nürnberg and 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
In July 2009 Wolf joined
Super League Greece
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club
Skoda Xanthi F.C. but left the club in September 2009 for personal reasons.
On 9 February 2010, Wolf was named as the new head coach of
Kickers Offenbach
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, replacing
Steffen Menze.
In October 2019, he became new manager of
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig.
Personal life
His son
Patrick Wolf
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also became a professional footballer. In June 2012, Wolf signed his son while working as manager for
Hansa Rostock
FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the forme ...
.
Coaching record
Honours
*
DFB-Pokal
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finalist:
1980–81
References
External links
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1957 births
Living people
People from Bad Dürkheim (district)
Association football defenders
German football managers
German footballers
1. FC Kaiserslautern players
Stuttgarter Kickers players
VfL Wolfsburg managers
1. FC Nürnberg managers
FC Hansa Rostock managers
Kickers Offenbach managers
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Stuttgarter Kickers managers
1. FC Kaiserslautern managers
Xanthi F.C. managers
Bundesliga managers
2. Bundesliga managers
3. Liga managers
Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate
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