René Wagner (born 31 October 1972) is a Czech
football
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manager and former player.
Born in
Brno
Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...
, Wagner played in his career mostly for
FC Zbrojovka Brno
FC Zbrojovka Brno is a professional football club based in the city of Brno, South Moravia, Czech Republic and named after Zbrojovka Brno, a firearms manufacturer. Founded in 1913 as SK Židenice, the club later became known as Zbrojovka Brno. Br ...
and
SK Rapid Wien
Sportklub Rapid Wien (), commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the first title in the season 1911–12, ...
in Austria. In April 2011 he was named the manager of FC Zbrojovka Brno, replacing previous coach
Karel Večeřa
Karel Večeřa (born 9 October 1955 in Ivančice) is a Czech football manager and former player.
In the 2006–09 season he led FC Baník Ostrava. He was very popular and known for his bet with fans of FC Baník Ostrava. Fans said that if Baní ...
. After winning just two games of sixteen games in charge, Wagner was dismissed in October 2011.
Wagner was named the manager of
SC Wiener Neustadt in April 2016.
References
External links
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Profileat FC Zbrojovka Brno official website
1972 births
Living people
Footballers from Brno
Czech footballers
Association football forwards
Czech Republic international footballers
Czech First League players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
SK Rapid Wien players
FC Zbrojovka Brno players
SV Mattersburg players
Czech expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Austria
Czech football managers
Czech First League managers
FC Zbrojovka Brno managers
SC Wiener Neustadt managers
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