Frank Kramer (born 3 May 1972) is a former German football player and coach who last managed

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine ...

Player career

From 1990 to 2005 he played as semi-professional for

FC Memmingen FC Memmingen is a German association football club based in Memmingen, Bavaria. History The team was formed on 30 May 1907 as the football department of the gymnastics club ''Memminger Turnvereins 1859'' and became independent in the fall of ...

Bayern Munich II FC Bayern Munich II (''FC Bayern Munich Amateure'' until 2005) are the reserve team of German association football club FC Bayern Munich, they currently play in the Regionalliga Bayern. In 2010–11 they played in the 3. Liga, having qualified ...

, TSV Vestenbergsgreuth, SC Weismain,

1. FC Nürnberg II The 1. FC Nürnberg II (german: 1. FC Nürnberg II) is the reserve team of German football club 1. FC Nürnberg, from the city of Nuremberg, Bavaria. Until 2005, the team played under the name of 1. FC Nürnberg Amateure. History 1955–1963 N� ...

, Greuther Fürth II (two spells) and

1. SC Feucht 1. SC Feucht is a German association football club from Feucht, a market town close to the city of Nuremberg, Bavaria. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier-three Regionalliga Süd in 2003, where it played for two season ...

Managerial career

Early career

Kramer had three stints as Greuther Fürth II manager before moving to

1899 Hoffenheim Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V., or simply TSG 1899 Hoffenheim or just Hoffenheim () is a German professional football club based in Hoffenheim, a village of Sinsheim municipality, Baden-Württemberg. Originally founded in 189 ...

. At 1899 Hoffenheim, Kramer had two stints as 1899 Hoffenheim II manager. In between stints, Kramer was interim manager of the first team after the sacking of

Markus Babbel Markus Babbel (; born 8 September 1972) is a German professional football coach and former player who last managed the Western Sydney Wanderers FC. He played as a defender for clubs in Germany and England. Babbel won the UEFA Cup twice, in 1996 ...

Greuther Fürth

Greuther Fürth appointed Kramer as manager on 12 March 2013. He was sacked on 23 February 2015.

Fortuna Düsseldorf

On 14 April 2015, it was announced that Kramer would be taking over as manager of

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...

from the beginning of the 2015–16 season. He had his first training session on 20 June 2015. He was sacked on 22 November 2015.

Germany youth

He was appointed as the head coach of the Germany U19 national team on 23 August 2016. In the following years, he also managed the U20- and U18 squad.

Red Bull Salzburg

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Kramer was appointed head of the youth academy at FC Red Bull Salzburg.

Arminia Bielefeld

Kramer became manager of

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 ...

club Arminia Bielefeld on 2 March 2021, succeeding Uwe Neuhaus. He signed a contract until 2023. After a devastating record of six losses in seven games, Kramer was sacked on 20 April 2022.

Schalke 04

He took over

in June 2022. After Schalke was second to last in the table after ten matchdays and a subsequent 5–1 defeat against

in the

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 considered ...

, Kramer was sacked on 19 October 2022.

Managerial record

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