Michael Wiesinger (born 27 December 1972) is a German football manager and former player who last coached 1. FC Nürnberg.

Michael Wiesinger
Wiesinger as coach of 1. FC Nürnberg in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-12-27) 27 December 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Burghausen, West Germany
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1976–1981 DJK Emmerting
1981–1990 SV Gendorf
1990–1991 1860 München
1991–1993 FC Starnberg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1999 1. FC Nürnberg 186 (25)
1999–2001 Bayern Munich 19 (1)
2001–2004 1860 München 44 (2)
2004–2007 Wacker Burghausen 76 (1)
2007–2008 SpVgg Weiden 24 (2)
Total 349 (31)
Managerial career
2008–2009 FC Ingolstadt II
2009 FC Ingolstadt (interim)
2009–2010 FC Ingolstadt
2011–2012 1. FC Nürnberg II
2012–2013 1. FC Nürnberg
2015–2017 SV Elversberg
2017–2018 KFC Uerdingen
2020 1. FC Nürnberg (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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A midfielder, Wiesinger began his professional career with 1. FC Nürnberg, before joining Bayern Munich on a free transfer in 1999. He spent two years at Bayern, winning two German titles and the Champions League, but made few first team appearances before moving to Bayern's rivals TSV 1860 München, where he had previously been a youth team player. He spent two and a half years at 1860, moving on to Wacker Burghausen, his hometown club, in January 2004. He left the club in June 2007 and joined SpVgg Weiden, where he spent one year before retiring.

Managerial career

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FC Ingolstadt

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He took up his role as coach of FC Ingolstadt's reserve team.[1] Since 9 November 2009, he was caretaker manager of the first team before being later confirmed as manager. Almost exactly a year later, Wiesinger was sacked with Ingolstadt in 17th place in the 2. Bundesliga.

1. FC Nürnberg

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In April 2011, he returned to 1. FC Nürnberg, to take charge of the club's reserve team. He was promoted to manager of the first team in December 2012, after Dieter Hecking left to take over at VfL Wolfsburg. Wiesinger was sacked by the club on 7 October 2013, the day after a 5–0 home defeat by Hamburger SV in the 2013-14 Bundesliga. On the day of Wiesinger's sacking, the club had scored a total of only five points and remained without a win after the first eight matches of the 2013–2014 Bundesliga, and was in the third last position in the league table. "The recent games showed that no consistent upward trend is developing. It was a very difficult decision, but in the interest of 1. FC Nürnberg we feel forced to act", Nürnberg's sporting director Martin Bader said.[2][3]

KFC Uerdingen 05

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In July 2017 Wiseinger became the new manager of KFC Uerdingen 05.[4] He left the club by mutual consent on 15 March 2018 despite the club being at first place in Regionalliga West.[5]

Second stint at 1. FC Nürnberg

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He returned to Nürnberg on 29 June 2020 for the relegation-playoffs.[6]

Managerial statistics

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As of 11 July 2020
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
FC Ingolstadt II 1 July 2008 22 April 2009 27 10 8 9 32 32 +0 037.04
FC Ingolstadt 9 November 2009 6 November 2010 35 16 8 11 59 50 +9 045.71
1. FC Nürnberg II 1 July 2011 23 December 2012 56 22 15 19 93 80 +13 039.29
1. FC Nürnberg 24 December 2012 7 October 2013 26 6 12 8 32 43 −11 023.08
SV Elversberg 1 July 2015 30 June 2017 75 45 17 13 135 60 +75 060.00
KFC Uerdingen 1 July 2017 15 March 2018 26 14 9 3 44 19 +25 053.85
1. FC Nürnberg 29 June 2020 11 July 2020 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0 050.00
Total 247 113 70 64 395 285 +110 045.75

Honours

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Player

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Bayern Munich

References

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  1. ^ FCI trennt sich von Fink‚ kicker.de, 22 April 2009
  2. ^ "Das Aus: Club entlässt Wiesinger" (in German). kicker.de. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Nuremberg fire coach Michael Wiesinger after slow Bundesliga start". Deutsche Welle. 7 October 2013.
  4. ^ Wiesinger wird neuer KFC-Trainer‚ wz.de, 12 June 2017
  5. ^ "KFC Uerdingen trennt sich von Trainer Wiesinger – Krämer kommt". Westdeutsche Zeitung. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Mit Michael Wiesinger und Marek Mintal in die Relegation". fcn.de (in German). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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