René Marić (born 4 September 1992) is an Austrian professional football manager. He currently works as assistant manager for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich.
_23.jpg) Marić with RB Salzburg in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 September 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Bayern Munich (assistant) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2009–2016 | TSU Handenberg | ||
| 2016–2017 | Red Bull Salzburg U18 (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2019 | Red Bull Salzburg (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2021 | Borussia Mönchengladbach (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Borussia Dortmund (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Leeds United (assistant) | ||
| 2024 | Bayern Munich U19 | ||
| 2024– | Bayern Munich (assistant) | ||
Career
editEarly career
editMarić started his coaching career at his local side TSU Handenberg, at the age of 17.[2] Alongside coaching, Marić studied Psychology at University. He also wrote for the website Spielverlagerung, which helped open up doors for consultancy and coaching roles within football.[3][4]
RB Salzburg
editMarić struck up a friendship with Salzburg’s under-18 coach, Marco Rose, and was subsequently appointed his assistant in 2016.[5] Marić was promoted to the assistant of the first team, in the summer of 2017, with Rose succeeding Oscar Garcia as head coach of RB Salzburg.[6]
Borussia Mönchengladbach
editIn 2019, René Marić joined Borussia Mönchengladbach, as assistant manager to Marco Rose.[7]
Borussia Dortmund
editAt the end of the 2020–21 Bundesliga season, Marić left Mönchengladbach along with Rose and Alexander Zickler to join Borussia Dortmund as assistant manager.[8] However at the end of the season Dortmund decided to part company with Rose along with Marić, Zickler and Patrick Eibenberger.[9]
Leeds United
editOn 30 July 2022, Marić was appointed as the assistant head coach, to Jesse Marsch, at Leeds United.[10] He departed Leeds United on 6 February 2023, following the sacking of Marsch.[11]
Bayern Munich
editOn 15 November 2023, Maric was appointed by Bayern Munich to a newly created position responsible for coaching development and playing philosophy.[12] He was appointed as the head coach of the Bayern Munich U19 team on 5 February 2024, replacing Michael Hartmann.[13]
In June 2024, he joined Vincent Kompany's coaching staff, having previously undertaken an educational visit with him at Burnley.[14] He continued his work at the FC Bayern Campus, while his role with the U19 team was taken over by former U17 coach Peter Gaydarov.[15]
Personal life
editMarić is of Croatian descent. He initially sought to play professional football but was forced to switch to coaching due to lack of playing opportunities. Marić, along with several other football enthusiasts, started an online blog called Spielverlagerung where he would rate and analyse performances of Bundesliga teams. An assistant of Thomas Tuchel's at Mainz 05, who had been following Marić's blog analysis of the team's performances, came in contact with Marić and invited him to Mainz for cooperation.[16]
Honours
editAssistant manager
editRed Bull Salzburg
Red Bull Salzburg – Youth
References
edit- ^ "René Marić".
- ^ "Football tactics explained – by one of the best young minds in the game".
- ^ Honigstein, Raphael. "Football tactics explained – by one of the best young minds in the game". The Athletic. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ Ames, Nick (19 September 2018). "From chatroom to the bootroom: Rene Maric's very modern coaching journey | Nick Ames". the Guardian. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "The brains behind FC Salzburg's rapid rise". 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Rose wird Coach bei RB Salzburg - Co-Trainer ist 24".
- ^ "Offiziell: Rose wird im Sommer Trainer in Gladbach" [Official: Rose becomes Gladbach manager in summer]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ "Rose won't take Gladbach players with him to Dortmund".
- ^ "Borussia Dortmund ruthlessly sack manager after "intensive" board meeting". Daily Mirror. 20 May 2022.
- ^ "René Marić named assistant head coach". 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Club statement: Jesse Marsch". www.leedsunited.com. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "René Marić wird Teamleiter Trainerentwicklung & Spielidee". FCBayern. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "U19: René Marić wird Nachfolger von Michael Hartmann" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 5 February 2024.
- ^ Donnohue, Joe (21 June 2024). "Former Jesse Marsch assistant at Leeds United handed promotion at German giants as coaches reunited". Yorkshire Evening Post.
- ^ "This is Vincent Kompany's coaching staff at FC Bayern". FC Bayern Munich. 21 June 2024.
- ^ "From chatroom to the bootroom: Rene Maric's very modern coaching journey | Nick Ames". TheGuardian.com. 19 September 2018.
External links
edit
- René Marić at the FC Bayern Munich website
- Official website
(in German) - René Marić at WorldFootball.net
