David Wagner (soccer)

David Wagner
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-10-19) October 19, 1971
Place of birth Geinsheim am Rhein, West Germany
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Huddersfield Town (Head coach)
Youth career
SV Geinsheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1990–1991 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (0)
1991–1995 Mainz 05 94 (19)
1995–1997 Schalke 04 29 (2)
1997–1999 FC Gütersloh 49 (7)
1999 SV Waldhof Mannheim 5 (0)
1999–2002 SV Darmstadt 98 76 (21)
2002–2004 TSG Weinheim
2004–2005 Germania Pfungstadt
National team
1996–1998 United States 8 (0)
Teams managed
2011–2015 Borussia Dortmund II
2015– Huddersfield Town

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

David Wagner (born October 19, 1971) is a retired German-American football player and currently a head coach. Wagner grew up in Germany, playing football from a young age. He eventually found himself playing at Schalke 04 with Thomas Dooley, who, like Wagner, had an American father and a German mother and grew up in Germany.

As of November 5, 2015, he is the head coach of Football League Championship side Huddersfield Town in England.

Playing career

On the recommendation of Dooley, Steve Sampson brought Wagner into the US national team in 1996 despite never having seen him play. Wagner had a U.S. passport, but had played for Germany’s U-18 and U-21 teams. This gave him additional credibility with Sampson but posed a problem as he could be considered ineligible to play for the United States.

In April 1997, after Canada lost to the U.S. in a World Cup qualifying match in which Wagner played, the Canadian Soccer Federation complained to FIFA that Wagner should be ineligible to play for the U.S. based on his appearances for Germany's youth teams. On May 2, 1997, FIFA announced that Wagner was eligible to play for the U.S. because his games with the German teams were exhibitions, not official matches.[1]

Managerial career

Wagner was appointed as Borussia Dortmund II manager with effect from July 1, 2011.[2] He left the role on November 1, 2015, amidst rumours that he was going to join Jürgen Klopp's backroom staff at Liverpool.[3][4] However, on November 5, 2015, he was appointed head coach of Huddersfield Town following the departure of Chris Powell.[5] Wagner brought Christoph Bühler, who also left Borussia Dortmund on November 1, 2015, with him as his assistant.[3][6]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 30 April 2016.
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
PWDLWin %
Huddersfield Town 9 November 2015 Present 31 10 7 14 32.3 [7]
Total 31 10 7 14 32.3 —

Honors

FC Schalke 04

References

  1. ↑ Wagner Gets Approval for U.S. Team – New York Times
  2. ↑ "David Wagner coacht ab Juli die BVB-U23". kicker (in German). March 2, 2011. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Borussia Dortmund und David Wagner beenden Zusammenarbeit" (in German). Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. October 31, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  4. ↑ "David Wagner leaves Dortmund U23 post amid Liverpool links". ESPN.com. November 3, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  5. ↑ "David Wagner: Huddersfield name ex-Borussia Dortmund man as boss". BBC. November 5, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Press Association (November 5, 2015). "Huddersfield appoint former Dortmund reserves manager David Wagner". The Guardian. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Managers: David Wagner". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Threlfall-Sykes, David (November 5, 2015). "Learn more about the new arrival". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
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