Zsolt Lőw (born 29 April 1979) is a Hungarian professional football coach and former player who played as a defender. He last served as an assistant manager at Bundesliga club Bayern Munich under Thomas Tuchel, whom he previously assisted at Chelsea and Paris Saint Germain.[2]
 Lőw with Paris Saint-Germain in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zsolt Lőw[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 April 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Újpest | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2002 | Újpest | 97 | (6) |
| 2002–2005 | Energie Cottbus | 79 | (5) |
| 2005–2006 | Hansa Rostock | 11 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | TSG Hoffenheim | 39 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Mainz 05 | 29 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Mainz 05 II | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 259 | (11) | |
| International career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Hungary U-21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2002–2008 | Hungary | 25 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012–2014 | Red Bull Salzburg (youth) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Red Bull Salzburg (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2018 | RB Leipzig (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2020 | Paris Saint-Germain (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Chelsea (assistant) | ||
| 2023–2024 | Bayern Munich (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editIn his playing career, Lőw played for Újpest, Energie Cottbus, Hansa Rostock, Hoffenheim, and Mainz 05 from 2009 until 2011, under coach Thomas Tuchel.[3]
Coaching career
editLőw started his coaching career a year later, in 2012, as assistant coach of Peter Zeidler at Red Bull Salzburg's farm team FC Liefering. When Adi Hütter joined Salzburg as coach in 2014, Lőw became his assistant until Hütter left for Bern. Salzburg won the Austrian double with the 2014–15 Austrian Football Bundesliga, and 2014–15 Austrian Cup. Lőw, at the same time, joined RB Leipzig, as one of the assistants to Ralf Rangnick. When Leipzig was promoted to the Bundesliga, Rangnick stopped being coach and hired Ralph Hasenhüttl as coach who continued to work with Lőw as his assistant. Leipzig finished as runner up in 2016–17 Bundesliga. The following season Leipzig dropped out of the Champions League and continued in the Europa League. After beating heavyweights Napoli and Zenit Saint Petersburg, they lost against Marseille in the quarter-finals.[4]
In July 2018, when Hasenhüttl decided to leave Leipzig, Lőw left to join Thomas Tuchel as an assistant at Paris Saint Germain.[5][6]
In December 2020, PSG sporting director Leonardo terminated Tuchel's contract.[7] Tuchel's staff, including Lőw, were let go as well.[7] Lőw went with Tuchel when the German was hired by Premier League club Chelsea the following month.[8] He was in charge of Chelsea's Club World Cup semi-final as Tuchel was isolating after a positive COVID-19 test.
Lőw left Chelsea after Tuchel was dismissed as head coach. In March 2023, shortly after the latter had been appointed head coach of Bayern Munich, Lőw joined him as an assistant.[9] Later that year, on 20 September, he managed Bayern's Champions League opening match against Manchester United, leading the team to a 4–3 victory in the absence of head coach Tuchel, who was suspended.[10]
Career statistics
editReference:[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Újpest | 1998–99[11] | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1999–2000[12] | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 30 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2000–01 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 28 | 1 | – | 28 | 1 | ||||
| 2001–02 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 37 | 5 | – | 37 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 97 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 99 | 6 | ||||
| Energie Cottbus | 2002–03 | Bundesliga | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 33 | 0 | |
| 2003–04 | 2. Bundesliga | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 27 | 4 | ||
| 2004–05 | 2. Bundesliga | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 24 | 1 | ||
| Total | 79 | 5 | 5 | 0 | – | 84 | 5 | |||
| Hansa Rostock | 2005–06 | 2. Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – | 12 | 2 | |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 2006–07 | Regionalliga Süd | 11 | 0 | — | – | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | 2. Bundesliga | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 39 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 43 | 0 | |||
| Mainz 05 | 2008–09 | 2. Bundesliga | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | Bundesliga | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 255 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 269 | 13 | ||
Honours
editPlayer
editÚjpest
1899 Hoffenheim
- 2. Bundesliga runner-up: 2007–08
- Regionalliga runner-up: 2006–07
Mainz 05
- 2. Bundesliga runner-up: 2008–09
References
edit- ^ "Squad List: FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2021: Chelsea FC" (PDF). FIFA. 9 February 2022. p. 1. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Löw, Zsolt" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- ^ "Introducing assistant coach Zsolt Löw". FC Bayern Munich. 16 May 2023.
- ^ "RB Leipzig fall short of Europa League semi-finals after Marseille defeat". Bundesliga. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Zsolt Löw named assistant coach". PSG. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Sensation! Hungarian trainer Lőw becomes assistant coach at Paris Saint-Germain". Daily News Hungary. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ a b "For PSG, firing Tuchel, choosing Pochettino was a long time coming". ESPN. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Zsolt Low". Chelsea FC. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Tuchel welcomes several international returnees at second session". FC Bayern Munchen. FC Bayern Munchen AG. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ "Bayern Munich 4-3 Man Utd: Harry Kane on target as Red Devils poor form continues". BBC Sport. 20 September 2023.
- ^ "1998/99 Season". UEFA. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "1999/00 Season". UEFA. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
External links
edit
- Zsolt Lőw at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Zsolt Lőw at magyarfutball.hu (in Hungarian)