René Weiler (born 13 September 1973) is a Swiss

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coach and former player.

Playing career

Weiler started his career 1990 with FC Winterthur, the club of his hometown, playing in the Challenge League. In 1992, he moved to

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who at the time were in the

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. After only one season he changed sides with Servette FC, playing two seasons in

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and 41 games. From the 1996 season onwards, he played for

FC Zürich Fussballclub Zürich, commonly abbreviated to FC Zürich or simply FCZ, is a Swiss football club based in Zürich. The club was founded in 1896 and has won the Swiss Super League 13 times and the Swiss Cup 10 times. The most recent titles a ...

for two seasons. He ended his career with his youth club

FC Winterthur FC Winterthur is a Swiss football club based in Winterthur, Canton of Zürich. They play in the Swiss Super League, the first tier of Swiss football, and appeared regularly in the Nationalliga A during the 20th century. Their home is the Stadi ...

from 1998 to 2001. He retired in 2001.

International career

Weiler played one game for the Swiss national team, a 2–1 defeat against

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on 10 February 1997.

Coaching career

Winterthur

Weiler became an assistant coach for

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria ...

on 1 March 2001. He was interim head coach from June 2001 to July 2001 and from January 2002 to February 2002.

St. Gallen

He was head coach of

St. Gallen , neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach , twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic) , website = ...

between 9 October 2007 and 28 October 2007.

Aarau

Weiler became head coach of

Aarau , neighboring_municipalities= Buchs, Suhr, Unterentfelden, Eppenberg-Wöschnau, Erlinsbach , twintowns = Neuchâtel (Switzerland), Delft (Netherlands), Reutlingen (Germany) Aarau (, ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the ...

on 13 April 2011. He left Aarau on 21 May 2014.

1. FC Nürnberg

Weiler became the new head coach of

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on 12 November 2014.

RSC Anderlecht

He became the head coach of RSC Anderlecht on 1 July 2016. On 18 September 2017, he was sacked following a 3–0 away defeat to

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in the Champions League.

FC Luzern

He managed

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from 2018 to 2019.

Al Ahly

In 2019, he became the manager of Egyptian club

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. On 1 October 2020, Weiler departed Al Ahly after winning the

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and

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Kashima Antlers

Managerial statistics

Honours

Club

Aarau *

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: 2012–13 RSC Anderlecht *

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: 2016–17 *

Belgian Supercup The Belgian Super Cup ( nl, Belgische Supercup, ; french: Supercoupe de Belgique; german: Belgischer Fußball-Super Cup), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian First Division A champi ...

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Al Ahly *

: 2019–20 *

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Individual

* Belgian Professional Manager of the Year: 2016-17

References

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