Josef "Joe" Zinnbauer (born 1 May 1970) is a German football manager and former player. He played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Playing career

Zinnbauer retired from playing after suffering a cartilage injury.

Coaching career

Zinnbauer's coaching career started at

VfB Oldenburg VfB Oldenburg is a German association football club based in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. In the 2022–23 season, they play in the 3. Liga, the third level of football in Germany. History Founded by a group of high school boys as ''FC 1897 Ol ...

as head coach in 2005 and was there until 2010. Then he became an assistant coach at

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the DF ...

. He was head coach of Karlsruhe's reserve team from 27 March 2012 to 30 June 2012. He started coaching the reserve team for

Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (), commonly known as Hamburger SV () or Hamburg (), is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its football section. Though the current HSV was founded in June 1919 from a merger of three ...

on 1 July 2014. in the

Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord ( en, Regional League North) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regional ...

. The reserve team won 4–0 against Goslarer SC 08 in his first match as a head coach. He led the reserve team to eight wins in eight matches prior to becoming head coach of the first team on 16 September 2014. He replaced Mirko Slomka, who was sacked the previous day. His first match in–charge finished in a 0–0 draw against Bayern Munich. He was sacked on 22 March 2015. Peter Knäbel, the Sports Director for Hamburg, took over for the remainder of the season. Zinnbauer returned to the reserve team for the 2015/2016 season and was there until he was hired by

FC St. Gallen Fussballclub St. Gallen 1879, commonly known as St. Gallen, is a Swiss professional football club based in the city of St. Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the Swiss Super League. History Founde ...

on 15 September 2015. On 10 December 2019, he was appointed as a head coach of a South African professional football club

Orlando Pirates FC Orlando Pirates Football Club (often known as "The Buccaneers") is a South African professional football club based in the Houghton suburb of the city of Johannesburg and plays in the top-tier system of Football in South Africa known as DStv ...

, Joe Received Orlando Pirates at 11th Position In ABSA and finished the league in 3rd as an achievement. Exactly a year later in the Premier Soccer League coach Zinnbauer won his first title in South Africa. On 12 December 2020 Orlando Pirates became the champions of the MTN 8, after beating Bloemfontein Celtic in the final 2–1. On 30 June 2022, Zinnbauer was hired by

Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...

in Russia. He was dismissed on 8 October 2022 following fifth consecutive league loss by Lokomotiv.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zinnbauer, Josef 1970 births Living people German footballers Association football midfielders 2. Bundesliga players SpVgg Bayreuth players SSV Ulm 1846 players Karlsruher SC players 1. FSV Mainz 05 players German football managers German expatriate football managers Bundesliga managers VfB Oldenburg managers Hamburger SV managers FC St. Gallen managers Orlando Pirates F.C. managers FC Lokomotiv Moscow managers Premier Soccer League managers Russian Premier League managers German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate football managers in Switzerland German expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Expatriate soccer managers in South Africa German expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate football managers in Russia