Frank Kramer (born 3 May 1972) is a former German

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player and coach who last managed

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, w ...

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 that ...

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SC Weismain The SC Weismain-Obermain is a German association football club from the city of Weismain, Bavaria. Their greatest success came in 1996, when playing as SC Weismain they won the Bayernliga (IV) and were promoted to the tier three Regionalliga ...

, 1. FC Nürnberg II, Greuther Fürth II (two spells) and 1. SC Feucht.

Managerial career

Early career

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

TSG Hoffenheim Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V. (), commonly known as TSG Hoffenheim (), are a German professional football club based in Sinsheim. Originally founded in 1899 as a gymnastics club, Hoffenheim came into being in their modern fo ...

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

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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

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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

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Arminia Bielefeld

Kramer became manager of

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club

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia is most well known as ...

on 2 March 2021, succeeding

Uwe Neuhaus Uwe Neuhaus (born 26 November 1959) is a German retired football player and manager who last managed Arminia Bielefeld. Coaching career 1995–2006: Early career Neuhaus was head coach of Wattenscheid 09 II from November 1995 to June 1996 and V ...

. 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

1899 Hoffenheim Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V. (), commonly known as TSG Hoffenheim (), are a German professional football club based in Sinsheim. Originally founded in 1899 as a gymnastics club, Hoffenheim came into being in their modern for ...

in the

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, Kramer was sacked on 19 October 2022.

Managerial record

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