Marco Grote (born 11 October 1972) is a German professional football manager and former player.

Marco Grote
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-10-11) 11 October 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Bremen, Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1997 FC Bremerhaven 26 (0)
1997–1999 VfB Oldenburg 49 (0)
2000–2004 Hamburger SV II 72 (4)
Total 147 (4)
Managerial career
2020–2021 VfL Osnabrück
2022 Apollon Smyrnis
2022- Union Berlin (U-19)
2023 Union Berlin (interim)
2024 Union Berlin (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Grote played club football for FC Bremerhaven, VfB Oldenburg and Hamburger SV II.[1]

Managerial career

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Grote was assistant manager at VfB Lübeck between 2004 and 2006, and managed various youth teams at SV Werder Bremen between 2008 and 2020.[1]

He was appointed as manager at VfL Osnabrück in July 2020.[2] He was sacked on 15 February 2021.[3] He joined Union Berlin as the U-19 manager in May 2022, and was appointed interim manager of the Bundesliga team in November 2023 [4] After one game, he was replaced by Nenad Bjelica.[5] In May 2024, he again took over as the interim manager.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Marco Grote". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Perfekt: Grote wird Trainer beim VfL Osnabrück". kicker. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. ^ "VfL Osnabrück stellt Marco Grote frei" (in German). vfl.de. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Urs Fischer und Union Berlin beenden die Zusammenarbeit" [Urs Fischer and Union Berlin ended the collaboration] (in German). 1. FC Union Berlin. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Nenad Bjelica ist neuer Cheftrainer des 1. FC Union Berlin" [Nenad Bjelica is the new head coach of 1. FC Union Berlin] (in German). 1. FC Union Berlin. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Marco Grote to Lead Union for the Final leg of the season" (in German). 1. FC Union Berlin. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
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