Jürgen Raab (born 20 December 1958 in

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, Bezirk Gera) is a former East German

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player.

Career

In the

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Jürgen Raab played for

FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia. Formed in 1903 and initially associated with the Carl Zeiss AG factory, they were one of the strongest clubs in East Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s, winning the DDR-Obe ...

376 games and scored 120 goals.

International career

He played 20 times for the

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and scored two goals.

Coaching career

He was later a manager for Rot-Weiß Erfurt,

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and assistant coach by

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and

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. On 1 June 2010, he replaced

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at his former club

as head coach. In October 2014, he signed for the Singapore national team on a one-year contract. His role was to work with head coach, Bernd Stange particularly in the area of fitness. After former Courts Young Lions head coach,

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's resignation, he was named the head coach for the

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in the Singapore League for the rest of the 2015 season. In January 2017, less than a week after announcing the parting of ways with Akbar Nawas,

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have confirmed Raab as their head coach starting from the 2017 S.League season, signing a three-year contract to take charge of the five-time S.League champions. Jurgen was relieved of his duties at Tampines Rovers on 9 October 2018. In his 2 year stint with Tampines Rovers, he brought them to finish as the league's second place in 2017 and fourth place in 2018.

References

1958 births Living people People from Zeulenroda-Triebes People from Bezirk Gera German footballers East German footballers Footballers from Thuringia FC Carl Zeiss Jena players East Germany international footballers German football managers FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt managers 2. Bundesliga players DDR-Oberliga players Association football midfielders 3. Liga managers Borussia Mönchengladbach non-playing staff German expatriate sportspeople in Singapore Bursaspor non-playing staff German expatriate sportspeople in Turkey {{Germany-footy-bio-stub